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...months later, the toy company Wham-O, which had acquired the rights to the Pluto Platter, heard that students back East were tossing around pie tins from the Frisbie Pie Co. Wham-O soon trademarked the name Frisbee. As part of the instructions molded into the bottom of the original Pluto Platters, Fred encouraged players to "Invent Games" and "Experiment!" And people did. From ordinary backyard play to international competitions, the humble plastic flying disc has united the world in fun. Who doesn't know what to do with a Frisbee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fred Morrison | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

...money represents the second round of awards from the Harvard Allston Partnership Fund—a $500,000 fund endowed by Harvard, working in conjunction with the Boston Redevelopment Authority and the Allston community, as part of the University’s $25 million investment aimed at addressing local needs and improving the quality of life in the neighborhood...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Awards Allston Grants to Groups | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

...Harvard fencing teams came up just short of an Ivy League title at the Ivy League Championships, Part II yesterday, bouting against conference opponents Columbia, Brown, and Princeton...

Author: By B. marjorie Gullick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fencing Squads Fall Just Short of League Crowns | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

...very important that Africa should be a part of what everyone thinks about the modern world,” Jones said. “And Egypt is a major African civilization—probably the best known...

Author: By James K. Mcauley and Julia L Ryan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Harvard To Acquire First Egyptology Professor in Decades | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

...government that purported to take on the Naxalite menace. This has created a state of near civil war in that state, often pitting people within tribes against each other. There have already been several allegations from civil society groups regarding the targeting of innocent tribal people as part of the Operation Green Hunt—signatories to an appeal to the Indian government included Prof. Noam Chomsky...

Author: By Umang Kumar | Title: Crimson in the Green Hunt | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

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