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...Paul S. Weinberg ’69, who was Chalfie’s freshman roommate in Wigglesworth Hall, best remembers the Nobel laureate as funny and gregarious...
...portraits are often embroiled in debates over gender and race, the collection also represents a continuous history of American portraiture and contains some stunning examples of the genre. There is, for instance, the exquisite portrait of John Quincy Adams that sits near the tray disposal in Adams dining hall. It is a work by Gilbert Stuart, perhaps the most famous American portrait artist, and was finished by Thomas Scully. Grindlay calls it “a very major work of American art.” Another Singer Sargent, of Charles W. Eliot, rests in Eliot Dining Hall, and the Winthrop...
...football player to win college football’s most prestigious award, the Heisman Trophy. Davis hailed from Elmira, a small mining town in Pennsylvania—hence his real nickname, “The Elmira Express”—and followed in the footsteps of NFL hall-of-famer Jim Brown at Syracuse. Davis not only won the Heisman in 1961; he also led Syracuse to its only national championship in 1959 under Coach Ben Schwartzwalder, played by Dennis Quaid. His success story quickly turned into a tragedy: after being taken first overall in the NFL draft...
...Prince Filippo’s purple velvet sleeve.“Ahem,” coughed Frederick, his voice breaking. “This sign says the Englishman’s paintings are in the next room. Follow me, please!” He strode off quickly down the hall.“Now?” said Ollie.“Shh!” hissed Felicity, lightly slapping the Prince’s hands, both of which had gone exploring in the folds of her dress. “Later. Soon!” She ran off after...
...Obama began his response with a simple declarative sentence: "I believe that health care is a right for every American." The rest of his answer could be used as a template for how to deal with a complex issue in a town-hall debate. He began with a personal story: his mother, dying of cancer at age 53, having to fight her insurance company, trying to prove that her disease had not been a pre-existing condition. He broadened that into a general proposition about the proper role of government: "It is absolutely true that I think it is important...