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Over the years, the Freshman Union has been the scene of goldfish swallowings, food fights and ghosts. But, the Union's original benefactor, Major Henry Lee Higginson (class of 1855), never intended it to host any of these somewhat lowly activities. Nor, as a matter of fact, did he intend the Union to be a dining area or for it to be exclusively for freshmen...
Indeed, Charles is admired throughout the United Kingdom for his ability as a statesman. "He's an ambassador of Britain in a very real sense. In effect, he's a salesman of Great Britain," says Wallace T. MacCaffrey, Higginson Professor of History. A recent British poll asked citizens whom they would most want to see become president of Great Britain if the country were to become a democracy. Prince Charles was one of the most popular choices, along with his father Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. "He's a very important political symbol," says Peter A. Hall, assistant professor...
Although there may be circumstances when retaliating against terrorists can be considered an act of self defense, this bombing is not necessarily one of them, said Wallace T. MacCaffrey, Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History...
...imaginative," said Higginson Professor of History Emeritus John K. Fairbank, an Asian Studies expert, in introductory remarks at yesterday's symposium...
...When he's studying Chinese politics, which is organized in factions, he can use his experience with factions in British politics," says John K. Fairbank, Higginson Professor of History, Emeritus, who taught MacFarquhar in the early 1950s...