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...powers that be at Yale this year. In the 2004 Harvard-Yale football game battled out at Harvard stadium, Captain Evans was appalled by student behavior and went on a crusade to stomp out such improprieties as public urination and funneling. At this year’s Game, the pomp and revelry at the tailgates weren’t marred by an overzealous police force. Law enforcement turned a blind eye to the arbitrary, nonsensical rules drafted by Yale and instead concerned themselves with the safety of students. Thus, tailgates continued into the third and fourth quarter, drinking games were...
...StrokesWhat do you get when you combine five swaggering New York hipsters, rooftop lesbian soft porn, nausea-inducing taxi-cab cunnilingus, and a dirty bathroom stall hookup? There are two possibilities: Finals Club initiation season, or the music video for “Juicebox,” the newest pomp-rock mashup by the Strokes, those loveably trendsetters widely known as the saviors of indie swagger. And let me tell you, my friends, the “Juicebox” video has enough bravado to fill a bathtub or two. Over a pilfered bass riff, the video bounces between...
...history of Harvard University’s growth from a small college endowed with little more than the estate of a puritan minister to the rich and powerful academic force it is today. But unlike other important moments in Harvard’s history, there was no pomp and circumstance surrounding this one—only Jack R. Meyer, the man who oversaw the more than five fold growth of Harvard’s riches in just 15 years, walking out of Harvard Management Company’s (HMC) Boston offices for the final time...
...main purpose of a summit should not center on pomp and circumstance. Nor should it be satisfied with just a nice but token overture of friendliness. There is simply too much at stake for the focus of this landmark visit to be anywhere but on the issues at hand...
Douglass came away from the meeting deeply moved and resumed recruiting. What most impressed him was Lincoln's honesty and sincerity--"there was no vain pomp and ceremony about him ... In his company I was never in any way reminded of my humble origin, or of my unpopular color." He sensed a kindred spirit in Lincoln, someone "whom I could love, honor, and trust without reserve or doubt." The respect was mutual; Lincoln regarded Douglass as "one of the most meritorious men, if not the most meritorious man, in the United States...