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Wind whipped at the ruddy-faced parade watchers during the two-and-a-half-hour ritual, but because of cultural heritage, neighborhood pride or perhaps simple curiosity, crowds seemed oblivious to the cold. They kept warm by dancing impromptu jigs to the incessant sounds of the pipe and drum bands that were part of the festivities, and by marveling at the diversity of the procession's participants...

Author: By James P. Mcfadden, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pipes and Pride in South Boston Irish Parade | 3/17/1999 | See Source »

...largest pipe and drum unit was the Boston Gaelic Fire Brigade...

Author: By James P. Mcfadden, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pipes and Pride in South Boston Irish Parade | 3/17/1999 | See Source »

Surviving with less resilience is Harry Sahelian, 73, of the Buccaneer pipe and tobacco shop. Harry was determined to sell every last cigar before closing the door for the last time and going home to his wife. He used to live in Philadelphia, where you shopped on the street and knew all the merchants by name. A better time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sherman Oaks, California: When the Muzak Died | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

...College Harry R. Lewis '68 and Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III to lobby for the cause. Of the objectives outlined, the first, concerning the capital campaign, is the most important. Without a tangible scheme to raise money for this endeavor, it will forever remain a pipe dream. Activists should concentrate their efforts on that demand. All the planning committees in the world won't mean anything without a solid financial foundation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: If You Build It... | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

...last October, Surroi, the publisher of Kosovo's largest Albanian-language newspaper, was described by State Department emissaries as "vicious" and "unrealistic." Says a relieved U.S. official: "He turns out to have real leadership qualities and real political courage." Surroi, a stocky, square-jawed intellectual who smokes a pipe and talks in a gravelly monotone, is the son of a former ambassador from Yugoslavia to Mexico and Spain. His global upbringing gave him fluency in Spanish and English in addition to his native Albanian and Serbo-Croat. He is popular with diplomats. "Unlike the other [ethnic Albanians], he speaks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Salesman for the Peace Plan | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

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