Word: milk
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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What, then did they take away with them? The Old Harvard, or the New Harvard, or both? The tradition--from the Hood milk truck (that waited in front of Mem Hall to snare freshmen for milk deliveries) to the last Yale game? Or the disruptive part, the protest, the angry academic debates in which too few of them played a central role? One thing is clear: both Harvard and the Class of '41 had several of their assumptions and traditions challenged before World War II ever swept down on them...
...payments from West Germany ($822 million), the nation sprang almost overnight from a picturesque wilderness to an enclave of clanging energy. Deepwater ports were dredged, power and irrigation plants built, modern cities and industries created. The desert bloomed, the orange trees blossomed, and Israel was suddenly the land of milk and honey. For 14 wondrous years, its gross national product soared by at least 10% a year, until by 1964 Israel had achieved a standard of living that rivaled Western Europe...
...divergent traditions of myriad Jewish sects. Though many modern Jews pay only lip service to their religion, Orthodox Jews dominated Israeli society and lawmaking from the first, are responsible for the many restrictions and proscriptions (no public bus service on the Sabbath, the refusal of restaurants to serve milk and meat at the same meal) that make Israel a sort of secular theocracy...
Remarkable it was, for the bottle was filled with what 18th century wine tasters called "milk punch," because along with sugar, fruit, brandy and other spirits, some milk was added. This particular batch, which later in the day brought $28 the half-bottle, had been concocted by the ancestors of the Marquess of Linlithgow in 1750, and had been lying in the family's cellars ever since...
Among other new highs at Sotheby's: a Cézanne watercolor still life of a milk jug and apples, which brought $406,000-the highest price ever paid for any watercolor at auction. Since the bidder was a Los Angeles dealer, people speculated that he had acted for Collector Norton Simon, who remained mum. A Degas bronze horse pranced off for a record price of $51,800. A Chagall picture (circa 1917) brought $84,000, a new record for him. All in all, Sotheby's knocked down for $2,962,960, 87 works of art, a record...