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...government trampling civil liberties than the Patriot Act is. "Most of them were German immigrants," Schweitzer told me. "Some of them were arrested for speaking German in public, others for refusing to buy war bonds. We had a big ceremony, and family members from 31 states came to honor their ancestors. It got pretty emotional...
...the World Cup of cooking. Every two years, chefs from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and the Americas, all looking to make a name in the culinary world, gather in Lyons, France, to compete in the Bocuse d'Or World Cuisine Contest, an Iron Chef--style cook-off named in honor of the legendary three--star Michelin chef and Lyons resident Paul Bocuse, who started the competition. The winner gets 20,000 euros (or about $26,000), a statuette of an aproned and toqued Bocuse balanced on a globe, and bragging rights to being the best young chef in the world...
...Competition, International Jazz Festival, Just for Laughs Festival, International Film Festival, and Grand Prix in late January. However, one of Montreal’s 90 organized festivals is on during intersession, the famed La Fête des Neiges. Go to Parc Jean-Drapeau to watch the dogsled races in honor of Balto! He’s so brave! Before leaving the land of universal healthcare, stop at the magnificent Notre-Dame Basilica and pray for a change in Harvard’s calendar. Maybe next time you can drink with the rest of the city...
Lowell himself donated generously to the University, and Lowell Lecture Hall was named in his honor even before he assumed the presidency, according to Schlesinger. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
While A. Lawrence Lowell, Class of 1877, donated the funds for Lowell Lecture Hall before he became Harvard's 22nd president, the initial gift was anonymous and the building was not named in his honor until after his 1943 death, according to historian Andrew B. Schlesinger ’70. The Jan. 10 story "A Presidency Unsealed" incorrectly reported that the naming of the lecture hall preceded Lowell's rise to Harvard's top post...