Word: grandness
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...your average fancy-food consumer. He is one of many urban apiarists, or beekeepers, in the British capital, and although he usually enters Fortnum's by the staff door and heads to the roof, where he oversees four beehives, some days he can't resist stopping on the grand ground floor for the thrill of seeing his name on one of the store's posh products...
...Harvard-Yale is a grand and rightly celebrated tradition, even with its attendant, although equally-cherished, excesses. Such a shame, though, that merely a weekend each year is the only time when most students will bother to acknowledge their place in the long line of Harvard history...
...sense of that responsibility left to students. As the Admissions Office continues to knock down barriers for previously disadvantaged demographics, the emphasis is on merit. Accordingly, with each assuming he deserves his spot by his own merit, Harvard students no longer tend to see themselves as partaking in a grand tradition. We all enter the ivy gates interested primarily in those lofty heights to which our diplomas will propel us. And individual tastes and whims—whether academic, extracurricular, or social—are given priority. Harvard school spirit and pride get only what remains, which typically amounts...
...held him under 100 yards. The defense, which let Yale passer Matt Polhemus run wild in Cambridge last season, held the shifty Yale quarterback to 39 total yards. And a team that was the most penalized in the Ivy League this season was flagged just twice for a grand total of 15 yards in its final game. It may not have wrapped up a season of complete perfection—we’re often reminded that this team was two plays from 10-0—but on Saturday, they were as perfect as could...
...Where to find the campaign crowd: 801 Steak & Chop House, 801 Grand Avenue, (515) 288-6000 Centro, 1011 Locust Street, (515) 248-1780 The Cosmopolitan Lounge at the Suites of 800 Locust hotel, 800 Locust Street...