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...Montagne, a semi-retired hood known as "Le Flambeur" (the gambler), is a peculiar blend of American and French character. He speeds around the narrow streets of Montmartre in that most American symbol, the Cadillac convertible, and his outfit suggests the classic American gangster get-up: rumpled raincoat, dark suit, and perpetually tilted hat. And there is that peculiarly American sense of optimism and near-innocence that he earnestly exudes as he flips the ever-present coin in his pocket and wryly comments." I feel my luck coming back...
...those not brought in the fold, the word "missionary" evokes a peculiar response. Some people conjure up images of civilized, altruistic Christians devoting their lives to instructing ignorant tribesmen in the rudiments of modern medicine. Others think in terms of the colonial exploitation of an economically dependent Third World. But negative stereotypes do not daunt the Church of Latter-Day Saints, popularly known as the Mormon Church, which currently boasts a missionary population of 32,000-35,000 youths...
Most likely the habit of applauding is responsible for another phenomenon peculiar to Harvard hissing. This one, Thernstrom reflects gives proceedings "a slight element of spice." While most professors share Thernstrom's benevolent acceptance of good natured hissing. "If one tells a bad pun, one deserves to be hissed," John L. Clive, Kenan Professor of History and Literature asserts many students feel hissing has no place in the lecture hall. "It's very disruptive," says Tracy Rouse. "Students hiss down questions if they don't like them like this morning in Chem...
...more than a trifle silly. These people contend that the significance of the "designer" in designer clothes, whether manifest in a signature, a monogram or an animal insignia, is sheer status, and they are correct. They further reason that unless you are grossly inept or the subject of peculiar conspiracies by your peers, almost no one ever sees your underwear. The act of communicating status through clothes relies on visual verification. If you can't see Mr. Jones's skivvies, they can't impress you. And if he whispered to you across the picket fence separating your lawns that...
...inevitable peril of this peculiar genre still afflicts My Harvard. My Yale: The book is filled with self-satisfied recollections of success Edward Weeks '22, the former editor of The Atlantic, thinks back to his undergraduate years and what should come to him but this vignette...