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...professors still trod the floor boards of Server and Emerson, but these stars (Perry Miller forcemeat among them) had only two names, not the three (George Washington Pierce, George Lyman Kittredge, Charles Townsend Coppland) that had distinguished their predecessors. The clubs carried on, but as D.U. member Peter S. Prescott '57 insists. "It was impossible to underestimate their importance;" they were rapidly giving way to mere Pierian organizations-The Crimson, for one, which underwent in great boom in the 1950's. This period saw the birth of "diversity," a phrase that replaced "exclusively" on the tongues of Harvard men. True...
...bomb penetrated the frigate's midsection, where it failed to detonate. The ship limped slowly up the Bay of San Carlos, giving off smoke, and British bomb-disposal experts were sent aboard to see if they could defuse the bomb. The main assignment fell to Staff Sergeant James Prescott, 37, of the Royal Engineers. "One twitch, Dad, and you're dead," he had once told his father about his work. The bomb exploded and he died instantly...
...away from the San Andreas Fault. In western Missouri, the strategy currently calls for people to pass missile sites that make the area a prime target for nuclear attack. In Arizona, FEMA'S program offers elaborate details for moving 70,000 residents of Phoenix 78 miles north to Prescott, a town of 20,000. Officials have not figured out how Prescott, which barely survives the annual deluge of tourists at its July 4 Frontier Days festival, will house and feed its unexpected visitors...
...having trouble squeezing in the extra t-shirt and can't find room for Prescott or Massey, travel guides are available at the local...
...those travelling to South America. The History of Corte, by William Prescott...