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Even before Spielberg's Amistad hit the screen, however, Mystic's Amistad was in the works. The ship had long been the stuff of maritime legend, and the folks at the Mystic Seaport--who maintain and exhibit more than 500 historic vessels--figured there was no better way to honor the Amistad story than to build the ship anew. On March 25, the reborn boat will at last be launched. Says Quentin Snediker, the project's coordinator: "This vessel will be part ship and part floating museum...
...fall of 1998, all anyone wanted to talk about was the pyramid. It was a giant motorized contraption that dominated the stage during the Atlanta pre-Broadway tryout of Elaborate Lives: The Legend of Aida, Disney's musical retelling of the tale of ancient Egypt that was the basis for Verdi's famous opera. The pyramid opened, it closed, it transformed itself into different sets. It seemed a suitably dazzling follow-up to Julie Taymor's innovative production of The Lion King, Disney's Broadway hit. The trouble was it didn't work, at least not very often. "Every time...
...Ronald Ferry, then head of Winthrop House, characterized JFK as "reasonably inconspicuous," and an old friend recalls his amorous reputation: "Jack never even went steady until late in his senior year." Author and Crimson editor Cleveland Amory '39, described him as "a pleasant, interesting guy. But the legend that we considered him destined for the presidency is pure hogwash." As JFK discovered during the Cold War, and as his former classmates witnessed during his reign in the White House, never underestimate the potential of the red, or the crimson, tide. A 1961 article in The Washington Post reports, "Musing...
...urban legend--a quote attributed to a former managing editor wise beyond his or her years--that goes something like this: If Harvard students could apply to get kicked in the ass, and it was a very selective process, they'd fight each other to reach the sign-up list first. The truth is, we Harvard students are obsessed with application processes. Obsessed may not even be the appropriate word; we're haunted, enthralled, even overpowered by the sheer force of selection procedures on campus...
...peppered with any projectile at hand and reportedly had a tuba held up to each ear, but the Crimson legend sat there smiling, all the while taking the pressure off of his team...