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After the ceremony, Franklin had the honor, if not pleasure, of being allowed to stand next to the Queen, the famously haughty Marie-Antoinette, as she played at the gambling tables. Alone among the throng at Versailles, she seemed to have little appreciation for the man who, she had been told, had once been "a printer's foreman." As she noted dismissively, a man of that background would never have been able to rise so high in Europe. Franklin would have proudly agreed...
...black people: the oppressed minority whose subculture defines what is cool. "After all these years of deciding whether to beat us up or borrow our outfits," says Ted Allen, Queer Eye's food and wine expert, "[straight men] are choosing the latter." Yes, the show's queen-tet embody stereotypes--try pitching a show on which five Asians help people with math--but they are clever, funny and self-aware. As Allen puts it, "If you want to stereotype me as someone who dresses great and can whip up a mean risotto, that's fine with...
...Queen said he thought Summers’ address—with its integration of educational, economic and international themes—reflected the summer program’s goals...
With the major miscommunications from his e-mail correspondence with Queen finally ironed out, and HSA assenting to the dean’s requests, Gupta said the course would not suffer greatly...
Christopher Queen, Summer School dean of students, said that Summers’ status as an educational leader and international economist would make his thoughts particularly intriguing to young scholars from around the world. More than 1,000 foreign students are enrolled in Harvard’s programs this summer...