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This quiet town has little to do with the university that shares its name. Indeed, this reporter was the first visitor from the University that Town Administrator John D. Petrin, an eight-year veteran, could ever recall. But there is one connection between the two Harvards--the University's Oak Ridge Observatory is located here, about two miles from the town center...

Author: By Sewell Chan, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: 'Harvard' Is More Than A University | 9/13/1996 | See Source »

This quiet town has little to do with the university that shares its name. Indeed, this reporter was the first visitor from the University that Town Administrator John D. Petrin, an eight-year veteran, could ever recall. But there is one connection between the two Harvards--the University's Oak Ridge Observatory is located here, about two miles from the town center...

Author: By Sewell Chan, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: 'Harvard' Is More Than A University | 9/9/1996 | See Source »

...approved IvyBlock, the first drug that can guard against POISON IVY, SUMAC and OAK. The over-the-counter lotion binds with plant allergens, preventing them from penetrating the skin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Sep. 9, 1996 | 9/9/1996 | See Source »

CUMBERLAND ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE, GEORGIA Known for its maritime oak forest and bird habitats, the facility does not have the funds to hire summer workers or seasonal custodial personnel. Island ecology programs and tours of the Plum Orchard Mansion will be eliminated. Restroom sanitation may also be compromised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jul. 15, 1996 | 7/15/1996 | See Source »

...Southern community could be said to have somehow avoided racial strife, Kossuth, Mississippi, might have made the claim. Situated far north of the old plantations in the Delta, the tiny, oak-dotted hamlet (pop. 248) has historically enjoyed a lack of tension between white and black communities. In the 1940s and into the 1950s, children of both races played and ate together, and Kossuth achieved legal integration without the horrible spasms that wrenched most of the South. It was always a point of pride to Linda Lambert, the wife of Kossuth's mayor, that 109 years ago her ancestors donated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFTER THE BURNING | 7/1/1996 | See Source »

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