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Harvard has, of course, anticipated this query. And the answer is: "The philosophy pursued by The Harvard-Radcliffe Fund may be summed up by an old maxim: each according to his ability, and to each according to his needs." I just wish I knew Harvard was out in the forefront of the Marxist Leninist movement before I came here. But I have to admit, I love the picture of 300 class agents, palms held upward, chasing their classmates about the Yard spouting communist doctrine...
...population as a whole. During the baby-booming 1950s, advertising scenes were filled with contented suburban families. By the late '60s and early '70s, those characters gave way to a groovier generation of young people. In the years following that revolution, advertisers have slavishly followed a maxim that dictates YOUTH SELLS. In TV commercials, young people seemed to be the only ones driving cars, taking vacations and buying insurance...
...Overheard in a gaggle of White House reporters waiting for a sighting of the peripatetic George Bush: "Such a good guy. Such a normal, wonderful family . . . It's disgusting." Beltway political maxim: the only thing worse than persistent corruption is unrelenting wholesomeness...
...surface at Boston Garden is small and rough. Skating skills, a Harvard staple, are not as important as bruising skills. A hockey maxim: bigger players are better on a small ice surface. And B.C. is bigger...
Nesty was the most unlikely gold medalist at the Olympics. He grew up in a country with only one 50-meter pool. His improbable victory showed that hard work, even against great odds, does pay off, a maxim Americans cherish...