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After rowing in high school, Streeter made varsity as a freshman. "Our team was very good--we won all our races by at least a length of open water, including [Eastern]. Sprints and nationals," she recalls, adding. "We could have that kind of team this year--we have the potential...
Sullivan talks at length about the historical significance of the demolished building. Built in 1831 by famous New England architect Oliver Hastings, the house also had two famous residents. Harvard's Parkin Professor of Pulpit Eloquence Converse Francis lived there in the 1840's, and Boston publishing magnate John Allyn occupied the then-mansion in the 1880's. The Francis-Allyn House, characteristic of the Greek Revival architecture sweeping New England after the rediscovery of the Acropolis, featured an elaborate portico entrance in its heyday...
...next arguments which Bok attempts to make were all dealt with and refused at length by the Advisory Committee. Bok argues that Harvard's divestment alone would not have the effect of forcing U.S. companies to withdraw. This is, of course, true, as the ACSR acknowledge. But we must consider not merely the individual effects of Harvard's divestment, but the cumulative effect of divestments all over the country. If all that mattered was the result of the individual action, who, asks the ACSR, would ever write a letter to a senator...
Bricklin is pointing his latest venture at the same bargain-minded crowd that snapped up the Volkswagen Beetle in the 1960s. At 11 ft. 51½ in. in length, the Yugo is 3½ in. shorter than the Japanese-built Chevrolet Sprint, currently the smallest new car available in the U.S., and will cost $1,161 less. Likely customers: students and families who might otherwise buy a used...
...spectrum of waves, the color red occupies the extreme left spot in the rainbow. A wave's length cannot be any greater than red, or it will no longer be visible as light...