Word: greeks
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LeBlanc cites groups as diverse as the Maoris of New Zealand and the Greek Mycenaeans to demonstrate that warfare was prevalent in both prehistoric and tribal societies...
...waging their own private wars, Lawrence of Arabia has an immortal cast: Peter O’Toole (this year’s Oscar winner for lifetime achievement), Alec Guinness (a.k.a. Obi-Wan Kenobi), Claude Rains (Casablanca’s prefect of police) and Anthony Quinn (who was Zorba the Greek). Friday, April 11 through Sunday, April 13 at 3:30 and 8:00 p.m. Tickets $8.50, $7.50 matinees. $5.50 seniors and children. Brattle Theater, 40 Brattle...
Even so, only two black-and-white outcomes—snowballing into success or simply vanishing into celluloid archives—await most small independent films. The recent film My Big Fat Greek Wedding basked in the light of the former, but all too often, low-budget movies fall victim to obscurity...
...brother William L. Smith ’03 says that at colleges with residential Greek life, the mom is traditionally an older woman who lives in the house, often the widow of an SAE. Her job in the fraternity is to offer maternal love to the students who live away from their own families. “She’s not there to supervise them or to discipline them; she’s there to care for them and to look out for their well-being,” he writes in an e-mail...
...colleges where Greek life dominates students’ social lives, and fraternities tap kegs in their very own houses, the role of the sweetheart is more active. Just ask Cara A. Sequino, a friendly sophomore who is the Sigma Chi sweetheart at the University of Miami, as well as a member of the Delta Gamma sorority. In a typically sweet-hearted gesture, she delivered candy and Britney Spears cards to the brothers in celebration of Valentine’s Day. She serves as a consultant on the coolness of the rushes during the pledge process and then attends...