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...described how A Christmas Story has supplanted It's a Wonderful Life as the favorite Christmas movie of 18-to-41-year-olds [Dec. 10]. But he ignored the generation of the moment - the boomers. We too have our own iconic Christmas movie: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Clark Griswold personifies all of our ideals to the extreme. Every year we confront the hassles of "exterior illumination," the perfect tree, the extravagant and costly family gifts, the visiting relatives who wish they were somewhere else, the big dinner, the disorganized cleanup afterward and the demolished, sad-looking house...
...described how A Christmas Story has supplanted It's a Wonderful Life as the favorite Christmas movie of 18-to-41-year-olds [Dec. 10]. But he ignored the generation of the moment - the boomers. We too have our own iconic Christmas movie: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Clark Griswold personifies all of our ideals to the extreme. Every year we confront the hassles of "exterior illumination," the perfect tree, the extravagant and costly family gifts, the visiting relatives who wish they were somewhere else, the big dinner, the disorganized cleanup afterward and the demolished house we are left with...
Institutions were changing too. In his book Fatherhood in America, published this month, Robert L. Griswold has traced the history of a fast-changing role that today not only allows men in the birthing room (90% of fathers are in attendance at their child's birth) but also offers them postpartum courses in which new fathers learn how to change, feed, hold and generally take care of their infant. Some fathers may even get in on the pregnancy part by wearing the "empathy belly," a bulge the size and weight of a third-trimester fetus. Suddenly available to men hoping...
...Harvard graduate student for a brief stint. Negroponte retold the story of how he enrolled at Harvard Law School 46 years ago. He was only there for a week, however, before learning that he was admitted to the Foreign Service. He said when he told the dean, Erwin N. Griswold, that he was leaving, Griswold gave him a look that suggested Negroponte would regret the decision. “So much for my legal career!” Negroponte said. Back in Washington, Negroponte, a Bush appointee, may face challenges working with the newly elected Democratic Congress. Rep. Silvestre Reyes...
Sunday, October 29, 10:31 p.m.: An individual reported a stolen cash box from a vending machine at Griswold Hall, 1525 Massachusetts...