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...these reasons, the City Council, at times dominated by partisan politics and old town-gown animosities, is not particularly suited for the complex discussion on DNA research. Still, without more than a three-week crash course in DNA, its decision to place a ban on the research until further inquiries are made, is prudent...
...least 90% of the 2.8 million Americans graduating from high school this year wore on cap and gown some Bicentennial symbol, ranging from RWB cap tassel to round-the-shoulder Liberty Bell medallion...
...quite sure that is an authentic De la Renta gown that Nancy Kissinger is pictured in? I swear it is the same dress my mother wore to her junior prom in Hoboken...
Photographing a wedding has itself become dogmatic ritual. The repertoire of picture, now a liturgy of stylized question and response, has been made part of the sacrament. Each type of picture evolved asks for a certain image. The set-up of the formal portrait of the bride in gown and bouquet, for example, is designed to elicit a stock response of romantic wistfulness, (or regality, depending on the age of the bride involved). The family group picture produces a series of fixed, forced grins...
...loss of Daly will not mean much for Bok's town-gown relations. It wasn't until Daly had his back to the wall on the Kennedy Library issue that he started showing Cambridge the honest and aggressive style he should have used from the start. But his role in government affairs is crucial for Harvard and for Bok personally. In an era of heavy cutbacks in federal funds for education, there are few people more valuable to a university than Daly. Harvard may not "own" congressmen as U.S. big businesses do, but with Daly's connections the University comes...