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...arrival of Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus and undisputed holder of the "Mr. Modernism" title, reinvigorated the department, remembers Len Currie (GSD '38). Though "Harvard has always been tops" in the field, Currie says, "in '36 architecture was at a low ebb." Squabbles in the faculty, the departure of the old dean of architecture, and the sad state of American design during the Depression had shaken the school's confidence. Gropius's arrival boosted morale, and Harvard soon rocketed to the to the forefront of international design...
Your article concerning drug abuse among sports figures (SPORT, Aug. 25) shows the ills of our society. Athletes should learn to take responsibility for their actions. In taking drugs, Basketball Star Len Bias and Cleveland Browns Safety Don Rogers were acting of their own free will. Choice and freedom are the backbone of our society, and we should not hold others, including those who supplied Bias and Rogers with cocaine, liable for their self-inflicted misjudgments...
...holds an odd contraption to his mouth. The voice-over cites statistics on the use of something called "crack," speaks of billions spent this year alone on illegal drugs, of the alarming rise of this, the terrifying appearance of that. Dissolve. Green fields in Colombia. Dissolve. Bolivia. John Belushi. Len Bias. Dissolve. Dissolve...
...arrival of Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus and undisputed holder of the "Mr. Modernism" title, reinvigorated the department, remembers Len Currie (GSD '38). Though "Harvard has always been tops" in the field, Currie says, "in '36 architecture was at a low ebb." Squabbles in the faculty, the departure of the old dean of architecture, and the sad state of American design during the Depression had shaken the school's confidence. Gropius's arrival boosted morale, and Harvard soon rocketed to the to the forefront of international design...
...corner drinking a bottle of wine. I would try to get a sip, and a brother would say, 'You can't have none of this. You've got a game tomorrow. You've got to be at your best. You've got a future.' Twenty years ago Len Bias would not have been allowed near anything that could hurt him. That guy would have said, 'No. You've been drafted by the Boston Celtics. You've got a future. You can't have any coke.' Today that same guy took Bias by the hand and led him to his grave...