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Others of the grandes écoles date back to the French Revolution. The most illustrious is the Ecole Normale Supérieure, which was founded in 1794 to "teach morals and shape the hearts of young republicans for the practice of private and public virtue." Only some 400 students a...
For the moment, issues like these are less important to Harvard's foes than winning passage of the anti-expansion ordinance. If, as expected, the law clears the council, the rules that have always governed Cambridge's relations with its most illustrious tenant will change: after 350 years as dealer...
It looks like a small college. And with its 93 buildings, its $47 million endowment and its 108,000-volume library, the institution on tree-lined Front Street in rural Exeter, N.H., is better equipped and endowed than many colleges. But Phillips Exeter Academy, which celebrates its 200th birthday this...
The Celtics, of course defeated the Houston Rockets four games to two to win their first NBA title since 1976, and the 14th in the Celtics illustrious history the most by any NBA team.
The Providence College hockey team, still flying from Friday night's comeback victory over top-seeded Clarkson, quieted defending conference champion Cornell and its illustrious cowbell, 8-4, Saturday night at Boston Garden to win the ECAC Championship for the first time since 1964.