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It turns out that Harvard sailed on the same boat with Edward Hopkins, the uncle of Elihu Yale, a man who did a similar favor for a struggling New Haven college in 1718. Never mind the differences in the patron saints--Harvard was a stern religious man while Yale, the...
Although India has devoted $810 million to drought relief, all too often the assistance has been haphazardly administered. At one time 40% of the trucks used for transporting water into stricken areas were out of commission. Nor has there been much long-term planning. Although the state of Rajasthan has...
All summer long the challengers and defenders will race separately until, some time before Sept. 8, both sides will have picked their representatives. Tourists in Newport will not see much of this, or in many cases, even look for it. On the spectator craft flanking the triangular 24.3-mile course...
Sexual angst is not the only way to the heart of the market. Orphaned Ponyboy Curtis, 14, and his greaser pals, for instance, are too busy fighting to date girls. In S.E. Hinton's bestselling The Outsiders, Ponyboy and his hoods battle Socs (Socials), who cruise their mean streets...
From the ancient, white-gloved Harvard comparatively little remains. Some truly wonderful institutions survive-morning prayers in Appleton Chapel, for one, and ivy on the walls for another (though these days its grip is perilous). The clubs, they say, are resurgent, but most of the College would have trouble listing...