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DIED. Gregory Peck, 87, classically handsome, gravelly voiced Hollywood leading man famed for playing characters who were idealistic, courageous and wise; in Los Angeles. Over a six-decade career, Peck received five Oscar nominations and won the best actor award in 1962 for his portrayal of Atticus Finch, a small-town lawyer battling racism in To Kill a Mockingbird. Although not all his roles were likable?Peck played a mad scientist who clones Hitler in The Boys from Brazil?he once said, "I don't think I could stay interested for a couple of months in a character of mean...
...shush a baby lamb, but I learned quite a bit from my reptile, bird and rodent adventures: I know how to administer a shot to a squirming python, that microwaves are not to be used in defrosting frozen rats, and that you should never help a baby duck peck out of its shell. And my college stories are more hairy (feathered, scaled, etc.) than most...
...anniversary marks two decades of dance that have combined the creativity of the performing arts with the spirit of public service. The high-profile event will feature prefatory remarks by CityStep’s founder Sabrina Peck ‘83 and a reception to follow Cambridge Mayor Micheal A. Sullivan’s backstage tour...
...current roommate Kate. The comp requirements are a year of living with me, possessing a Kate-ish name, and lacking annoying work habits. Each day, Thesis Club takes over a seminar room for 12 hours at a time, where the Kates and I lay out all our papers and peck away at endless chapters while munching on discount Valentine’s candy. It’s a warm, encouraging atmosphere (“My thesis is a piece of crap!”), and much more pleasant than working solo. It is also the intellectual environment that the Harvard...
Ideal date: We’d either go to the Aquarium or go ice-skating, then to dinner. We’d talk a lot and at the end maybe give each other a peck on the cheek—and I don’t mean the ones on my arse...