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...wounds you cannot see. Post-traumatic stress disorder is a legacy of any war, especially those--unlike the 100-hour first Gulf War--that demand months, if not years, of U.S. occupation. "We have become much better at keeping people with severe injuries alive," says Loren Thompson of the Lexington Institute, a military think tank in Arlington, Va. "But the range of treatments provided--including counseling, assisted living, disability benefits and so on--can be quite extensive...
...hedonism is seldom advisable—but a lack of self-consciousness is. When George Plimpton ’48 died last week, obituaries didn’t mention his GPA, or the brilliance of his pronouncements in section. They did include a description of his disrupting a Lexington ceremony honoring Paul Revere’s ride by galloping in costumed as a British officer and stealing a dignitary’s microphone...
...more memorable Lampoon pranks, Plimpton—riding a horse and clad in a British military uniform—stole the microphone from Gov. Robert F. Bradford ’23 during a ceremony in Lexington commemorating Paul Revere’s midnight ride, according to Cobb...
...concert—which sandwiches Summers between Brahms and Haydn— will be held at 8 p.m. at the Follen Community Church in Lexington. Tickets are available at the door and are $10 for students...
Franklin L. Ford, a former dean of the Faculty who spent nearly 40 years as a prominent member of the history department, died on Sunday, August 31, at a retirement home in Lexington, Mass., following complications from a stroke...