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...Harvard’s the eight-hundred-pound gorilla. I know that,” says Chair of the Allston Community Task Force Ray Mellone. “I’m not afraid of anybody talking about concepts, anybody talking about ideas. Harvard may be developing a lot of plans with their school of architecture. It’s their money, it’s their university, it’s their land. But there’s no way anything’s going to be built without going through...
...pounds, O'Donnell grappled to a strong fourth-place finish. Volpe (184-pounds) shut out his first two opponents before falling to the eventual winner of the weight class. He then stormed back through the consolation rounds to take third. Sophomore Reggie Lee also had a great showing, bouncing back in the wrestlebacks to claim fifth in the 197-pound weight class...
...Congratulations, but you could have done it in a restaurant." But the excitement didn't end there. In their post-engagement bliss, they drove into the city and parked their car in a no-parking zone, only to find it towed the next morning. While waiting in the car pound for several hours, they made phone calls to friends and family to share the good news...
...Robert Kiely and David Perkins, teaching English and American literature of the 20thCentury, could make it come alive. “Pull down they vanity!” roared Perkins, reading Ezra Pound. “Come up, you fearful Jesuit,” intoned Kiely, doing James Joyce in an Irish brogue. They made us feel...
...friends were proud users of soft drugs. That fall I decided to comp for the Lampoon as the result of a chance encounter with a celebrated Lampoon genius mid-acid-trip—his, not mine. And that winter, a roommate and I managed to buy a one-pound slab of hashish, a gorgeous and remarkable object I still recall vividly...