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Bigger decisions loom on the horizon; life beyond graduation, continuing education, and careers. The options are endless, and there are quite a few directions I’d like to sample. So this winter, I decided to try something new. I forgot about the sweet mystique of the road less traveled and pursued a path well-trod by my classmates: e-recruiting...
History 20a, Western Intellectual History: Greco-Roman Antiquity. I know what you’re thinking; I didn’t expect ancient philosophy had any bearing on contemporary history before I took the course either. But the ideas of Plato and Aristotle still loom large in the Western intellectual tradition. You can’t really understand anything from the categorical imperative to the Council of Trent without knowing Plato and Aristotle. Besides, this class is great for cocktail parties, as long as you don’t mind being that guy who quotes both Epicurus and Zeno...
...enormity of the Lindbergh case, yet they seemed confident that their country remained as civilized as it was on Feb. 29. Agitation in the Congress to have interState kidnapping made a Federal offense had died out completely. If many people realized that the Lindbergh kidnapping of 1932 must surely loom as a social and criminal milestone to the U. S. historian of 1982, no one but foreign editors and a few vigilant U. S. patriots were saying or doing much about it. Among the vigilant patriots were some American Legionaries in California who stirred Connecticut's Hiram Bingham to suggest...
...world's best wool craftspeople, outfitting legions of Americans since 1863 with signature products like plaid lumberjack shirts and brightly colored blankets. And that isn't likely to change, despite stiff competition from China, where textile quotas are about to be lifted. Although Levi's 501s, Fruit of the Loom briefs and Pillowtex pillows are no longer "Made in America," this Pacific Northwest apparel maker has found a way to continue weaving woolens here at home. Knowing it can't compete against overseas firms on low cost or mass scale, the private company has kept a foothold...
This summer, Thompson took her summer vacation—she was editing Let’s Go: Germany—to Belgium, to study a regional style of lace-making with a group of nuns. Inspired by the visit, she bought a loom. Her friends have had no choice but to participate in Thompson’s crafts. “My blockmates are very, very nice about me teaching them all the things that I do,” Thompson says...