Word: jacob
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...years after the publication of Looking Backward, there appeared a very different view of A.D. 2000. It was a sort of capitalist rebuttal, although by definition the free-market philosophy does not easily lend itself to Utopianism, with its regimented bliss. In A Journey to Other Worlds by John Jacob Astor, Socialism has hopelessly ruined Europe, while the U.S., having absorbed Canada, Mexico and most of Central and South America, virtually rules the world together with its ally, Great Britain. A great-grandson of the dynasty's founder, Astor was a playboy with a serious side. Fascinated by science...
LOWELL Ryan Dorris 3-3007 dorris CLC Jacob Lentz 3-2974 lentz CLC Nicole Christoff 3-3031 nchrist FIN Matthew Delmont 3-3051 delmont CLC Nick Stone 3-2989 nstone SAC Victor Danh 3-3050 danh...
...Slate's move will at least help answer a vital question facing the Webzines: Who needs them? Both Slate and Salon have provided an outlet for provocative writers (Camille Paglia, Jacob Weisberg), clever ideas (Slate's Clintometer, a running gauge of the President's chances of being forced out of office, lately replaced by the Starrometer) and the occasional scoop (Salon's report last week that a group with ties to the Rev. Jerry Falwell has paid $200,000 to people making allegations against Clinton--a charge Falwell's camp denies). But the barrage of 'zine commentary, columnizing and contrarian...
...also taking Music 51, which is intense theory stuff," says Jacob E. Fleming '01, who plays the clarinet. "I wanted something a little more performance-oriented...
...easiest of all facts must be what the three lies of the John Harvard Statue are. Talking with a group of visiting students from George Washington University, though, yields intriguing results. Sandra G., a first-year, was quick to point them out after going on her tour, but Jacob M., a junior, was not nearly as certain. He suggested that "John Harvard was really just the first president of the University, and that the statue...