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When I walked in and sat down at The Crimson's spot on press row, I was overcome with noise, like some tidal wave had hit me. The Penn band led one-third of the audience in a verbal Quaker orgy, while the Harvard band tried to spark its fans into cheer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BROWN OUT | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

...active Quaker, Raitt is an strong environmentalist, an advocate for nuclear disarmament and a champion of social causes...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Activism and Song: the Raitt Way to Do It | 6/3/1997 | See Source »

...Puritans weren't alone in their suspicion of the icon. The next wave of settlers in the Northeast, the Quakers, led by William Penn, despised most arts. Music was a distraction, poetry (beyond the simplest hymns) a snare. So the lack of Quaker painting is hardly a surprise, though some artists--most conspicuously Benjamin West--came from Quaker families and left the faith. The only painter who lived and died a Quaker was the Philadelphia "primitive" Edward Hicks (1780-1849), and he felt moral qualms about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SEEKING THE SPIRIT | 5/21/1997 | See Source »

...Crimson's offense continued to score early and often, and when the Quaker's shooting hit a cold steak, going 1-for-11 over a seven-minute period, Harvard made its move...

Author: By Zachary T. Ball, | Title: At Last! Harvard Takes Down Penn | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

Feaster had a tremendous night on the boards, recording 15 rebounds. She also found time to score 18 points, hand out four assists and steal four Quaker passes...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, | Title: W. Hoops Two Games Closer To League Title | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

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