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...Tribute to Karl Marx” at the 3 Sacramento St. location, where about half of the Co-op residents live. The painting has a red star over the phrase “Workingmen of the world, unite!” written in several different languages...
...those of you who are unfamiliar with the history of Fair Harvard, Gilman’s 172 year old hymn began with the phrase “Fair Harvard! Thy sons to thy jubilee throng!” Obviously, there is a gender-insensitive term there which prompted Kendric Packer ’48, to propose a contest to Harvard alums to provide a fitting alternative. Simply replacing “sons” with “children” had a belittling connotation and afforded one two many syllables to keep pace with the old Irish tune...
...awkward sentence as they change “throng” from a verb to a noun. I am not exactly sure what a “jubilee throng” is, jubilee being the adjective apparently, but I am sure they can convolute some meaning into the phrase if they needed to try that hard...
...very talented people that work in the different development offices of the different schools are responsible first and foremost to that school,” former FAS Dean William C. Kirby said. He used the phrase “bureaucratic Darwinism” to describe cases where independent development offices fight over the attention of generous donors who have a wide range of interests...
...Google search of the phrase "Open Letter to George Lucas" yields 1,120 results. By this measure, Lucas is the recipient of more unsolicited advice than either Britney Spears (652) or Lindsay Lohan (738), two celebrities whose rehab stints and panty-less public appearances suggest they're in more dire need of guidance than a 64-year-old billionaire might...