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...From Phillip II onward, the Castile-based court has treated Barcelona as something like an ugly sister. Naturally, there has always been a rivalry, but Barcelona has been getting the worst of it as of late (perhaps staging the Olympic Games, something of a coup for Barcelona, will change all that). Nevertheless, that city has a past that stretches back for 2000 years, and the first half is nothing short of glorious...
...sense of democratic tradition is one of the two most enduring features of the city. On account of its lively plebian past, the city has always had something of a chip on its shoulder towards any centralized authority. And during much of the past 500 years, or ever since Phillip II established Madrid as the Spanish capital, much of Barcelona's ire has been directed towards her sister city sprawling in the middle of the peninsula's arid plains...
...goal of the program, which is free for students, is to get "younger kids into learning, older kids into teaching," says Phillip King '92, a co-founder of the Cambridge version of the program with Angela Lee '92. The program was first developed in San Francisco...
DIRECTOR: PHILLIP NOYCE...
Nelson's academic work has in many waysmirrored her activism. She began as a Governmentconcentrator, moved into History, and Literature,and this year transferred into the Afro-AmericanStudies Department where, she says, "everythinghas come together." A tutorial with Phillip BrianHarper, assistant professor of English andAmerican literature and language and Afro-Americanstudies, a course with visiting Professor PatriciaJ. Williams, and a course with visiting LecturerSpike Lee have convinced Nelson that sheeventually wants to go to graduate school...