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...Radcliffe J.V. vs Pine Manor at Pine Mansor...
ANYONE FOOL ENOUGH to mention Pine Manor in the company of Radcliffe women is liable to greeted with a scathing chorus of "imports," "prime mattress." "ring by spring or your money back." or other variations on the same theme. Chances are that the taunts will be laughed off because, after all, Radcliffe women are only protecting their first-come-first-serve privileges. But the cracks are not so simple or so harmless. They are spelled out by some kind of Ivy territorial instinct, a grabbiness for Harvard men. And along with this attraction for male booty comes a repulsion...
...Manor Born...
There's no place like home for the holidays, unfortunately. Sandringham House, the 365-room Victorian manor in Norfolk where Queen Elizabeth usually throws a lavish New Year's house party, is closed this year for a $550,000 modernization. The Queen, 48, her husband Prince Philip, 53, their sons Princes Charles, 26, Andrew, 14, and Edward, 10, and a handful of servants squeezed themselves into a nearby six-bedroom farmhouse known as Wood Farm; all other royals, including the Queen Mother, 74, and guests, were left to fend for themselves in nearby fiefs or hotels. Only...
Gerald Durrell, the English zoologist and author (Menagerie Manor), is aghast at such man-dog relationships. Says he, "I can't stand these fubsy people who tell you, 'Oh, my dog talks.' This is anthropomorphism gone mad. I can't stand this business of people keeping Pekingese on silk cushions and feeding them creme of chicken...