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...inspires constant exclamations of, “Who are these people?” and “Are those diamond cufflinks?”But even if Scene retracted its claim to diversity, and eliminated all of its entrenched classism, it would still a proponent of wearing an oxford shirt without pants, sporting “dangerous” ties at the Westminster Dog Show, and wearing black T-shirts with mink collars, which is something I simply cannot abide by.—Staff writer Rebecca M. Harrington can be reached at harring@fas.harvard.edu...
This poll was conducted for TIME, ABC News, the BBC, NHK and Der Spiegel by Oxford Research International. Interviews were conducted in person from Oct. 8 to Nov. 13, in Arabic and Kurdish, among a random national sample of 1,711 Iraqis age 15 and older. Margin of error is +/- 2.5 percentage points...
...fairly unsuccessful book of lyric poetry which nonetheless demonstrated Lewis’ considerable talents. Lewis also began an affair with the divorced mother of a friend who died in the war. The relationship would last until the end of her life, decades later. After the war, Lewis went to Oxford and stayed there for nearly the rest of his life. In time, Lewis became the large, loud, Medievalist who laughed deeply and held late-night meetings for friends and intellectuals. He developed close companionships with fellow academics, most notably J.R.R. Tolkien. On a walk one evening with Tolkien and another...
...scuffle, Upton said. According to a Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) crime advisory, the struggle resulted after the victim refused to give up his backpack and yelled for help. The alert was sent out to all of the graduate schools located in the North Yard of the University, near Oxford Street and Divinity Avenue. The HUPD advisory reports that the suspect pummeled the victim in the face and upper body. The victim reportedly responded by striking his assailant with his fists. According to Upton, the suspect then produced a knife, indicated that a robbery was taking place, and demanded that...
...Conservatives are excited-their party on Tuesday elected a new leader they believe can take them back into power after suffering three successive defeats by prime Minister Tony Blair's Labor Party. On the face of it, choosing 39-year-old David Cameron, educated at exclusive Eton College and Oxford, might seem a gamble: Although he served as a special adviser to two Tory cabinet ministers during the 1990s, he has comparatively little parliamentary experience for a party leader, having served only four years as an MP and joining the party's parliamentary leadership only last May. (Unlike U.S. presidents...