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...different story.The acceptance of the idea that an individual needs quantitative data in order to understand his or her own community—and sometimes even him- or herself—represented a cultural shift in how Americans in the 20th century understood their society, argues University of Pennsylvania historian Sarah E. Igo in “The Averaged American: Surveys, Citizens, and the Making of a Mass Public.”Though the book isn’t beach reading, its look at the development of a mass society that came to understand itself though numbers rather than names...
...hoopla surrounding the presidential race in 2008 is detracting from productive politics (possibly an oxymoron, but I have hope for now). I always thought Harvard students were intelligent, but it seems a number of us have been seduced by the appeal of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue...
...During his tenure, the longest of any basketball coach in Harvard history, Sullivan could not challenge the Ivy League’s top teams. Either Princeton or the University of Pennsylvania won every league title during his 16 years...
...sophomore campaign, and lost in the final last year—is finally his. Suchde defeated Princeton’s Mauricio Sanchez, 9-2, 7-9, 10-8, 9-2, in the finals of the College Squash Association Individual Championships yesterday on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. “I am proud for Sidd,” coach Satinder Bajwa said. “He is a very deserving player.” Suchde, the tournament’s No. 3 seed, claimed the first game of the final, but the second-seeded Sanchez proved...
During his tenure, the longest of any basketball coach in Harvard history, Sullivan could not challenge the Ivy League’s top teams. Either Princeton or the University of Pennsylvania won every league title during his 16 years...