Word: mansfield
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Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. '53, Kenan professor of government, has been enjoying some unaccustomed good publicity lately. A picture of Mansfield, over the caption "Prince of the Conservatives," graces the cover of the current issue of Harvard Magazine. The New York Times is writing a profile of the outspoken professor, who over the years has been repeatedly vilified by students and fellow Faculty members for his views on everything from homosexuality to grade inflation. Cultural conservatism, it would seem, is suddenly en vogue at Harvard...
...Harvey Mansfield will always take plenty of criticism every time he opens his mouth. But he's a big boy, he can take it. So can the rest of the conservatives at Harvard, who should stop mistaking opposition to their ideas for opposition to their right to speak them. Inventing a vast left-wing conspiracy bent on stifling conservative voices is a pretty weak way to advance real political debate on the Harvard campus...
...Directions: Reached strictly by car. Take the Mass. Pike to Rte. 128 South. Continue on, following 128 as it become I-95 South. Take this to 140 and go two exits past Mansfield Center, or about three and a half miles, until you reach the venue...
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...pure nostalgia. At the height of scooter mania in the 1950s, the sleek, steel-framed bikes were symbols of romantic escapism. Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn putted through Rome on a Vespa in Roman Holiday; it was a favorite toy of Hollywood's elite, including Gary Cooper and Jayne Mansfield. In 1960s England, while big, grease-sputtering Harleys were ridden by leather-clad Rockers, elegant Vespas were the signature of their archrivals--and regular rumble opponents--the fashionable Mods...