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...longer part of the living. It was as if it reflected on my personality and my blockmates' personalities, implying that we were forever after fated to be social pariahs. It seemed like a death sentence, not because Currier was a terrible place (it's actually very pleasant), but because of people's reactions. And what made it most awful was that, while 87 percent of my peers had received a house of their choice, my blocking group and the rest of the other 13 percent had not. It convinced me that if we had lost all right to choose, everyone...
...certainly remember that it made working there much less pleasant than it would otherwise have been," the co-worker says. "I remember one time having to help him with some kind of project and just feeling greasy and sleazy...
...recently read a book written about Harvard by members of the classes of 1939, 1940 and 1941. The book's main point was that the world had changed drastically due to the Great Depression and World War II, which in turn affected Harvard in unprecedented ways. Particularly, the pleasant, calm and noncompetitive atmosphere combined with the prospect of a guaranteed safe and prosperous future, which had dominated Harvard for more than a century, were vanishing at a fast pace and being replaced by the gloom of a rough and uncertain future...
...added that Arafat's condolence visit was a pleasant surprise for her, saying "I felt that if I told Yitzhak, he probably would not believe...
...anyone who has never visited the Busch-Reisinger galleries--and needs extra incentives--the modern gallery space is a pleasant discovery. On permanent display and complementing the Feininger exhibit are selections from Harvard's substantial German Expressionism collection and capping off the theme, Bauhaus model suspension chairs furnish the gallery's reading alcove. But beware the guards dressed like college students; they're barrel-chested and agile like a Mike Tiorano, only with less tolerance for pens and packs...