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...would return to Harvard in a year when he decided to take a year off. Having lived in Massachusetts his entire life, the Lexington native decided he would take a year off and explore the world. After a raft trip on the Rio Grande, Vittimberga headed off for Raratonga, on the Cook islands...
Indeed, many of the people who take time off concur that their experiences alter their perspectives on the world. Vittimberga, who worked on an archaeological dig in Raratonga, lived with a Polynesian family during her year off. The Eliot House resident says this experience was the most worthwhile part of his year...
Every sailboat man dreams at some time of cruising across the Pacific, running for days under warm breezes, dropping anchor for weeks at islands with names like Raratonga. Citybound mariners mostly learn to content themselves with a few weeks' cruising on inland waters or slashing around the markers in cutthroat weekend races. But young John Lipscomb, 18, and his father James, a writer and first-rate cinematographer (Blue Water, White Death), realized the total dream. James Lipscomb was able to sell the idea of a film about such a voyage. As a result, Son John became skipper...
While Mr. Stoddard was basking in the memories of 1812, in sunny Raratonga during the years 1914-1917, Mr. Grattan was learning that the problems of Europe are not so much political as they are economic, however the headlines describe them. And to that knowledge he has added that the European situation in 1934 shows a fantastic similarity with that of 1914, with a complete renaissance of what Mr. Stoddard calls "Europe's ancient feuds." The only difference are some new components in the Balkan alliances and a strong and enigmatical Italy. He cannily observed the Orient, too, including America...
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