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...fading toward obsolescence, while Arabic, Japanese and Swahili are / all on the curriculum. In a sense, the place is drawing closer to its founder's original notion of a truly "public" school. "It is a privileged school," acknowledges Anderson, an energetic and articulate Scotsman from a family of royal kilt makers, "with beautiful buildings in a beautiful setting. But the only justification for privilege is that it should help people develop themselves to the full. We are elitist, but not exclusive. And I'm not ashamed in the least of being elitist. All that means is aiming at the highest...
...over female reporters in pro-football locker rooms. The company's recommendation: a cover-up. McArthur, which supplies terry-cloth products to the National Football League, has begun donating some 2,000 wraps and robes for all the players on the league's 28 teams. The robes and the kilt-like wraps, which are held around the waist with a Velcro closure, come in white or the team color. "They are handy, I suppose. They look nice," said Cincinnati Bengals head coach Sam Wyche, who was fined by the N.F.L. last month after he denied a female reporter access...
Rutger, Rutger, kilt...
...that was just the dinner announcement. Then some 1,100 VIP guests -- including Elizabeth Taylor, Henry Kissinger, Barbara Walters, Jerry Hall and Tom Brokaw -- dined and danced in a circus-size tent and watched a fireworks show set to music by Gershwin and Beethoven. Wearing a Forbes tartan kilt and a big grin, Forbes admitted it was "absolutely the biggest party I've ever thrown. We originally thought we'd wait until the 75th, but I decided to have one at 70. That way we only have to wait five years until the next one." On second thought, make that...
...guests crossed Kirkland Street on a red carpet that was nailed to the street minutes before the Prince's arrival, and a kilt-adorned man played the bagpipes. Plastic-covered walkways decorated with Harvard flags sheltered the VIPs from the misty rain...