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Despite a dearth of undergraduates, the hall was filled nearly to capacity, and latecomers stood at the rear of the room or knelt on the floor...
Arriving at Harvard I had no idea that I would be encountering anything worse than Expos. Bikes. More specifically, 28-geared high-tech ultra-light mountain bikes with front and rear shocks and tires with treads an inch deep. Astride this machine of terror rides the Harvard student. We all know how mild-mannered and bookish Harvard students usually are, but on top of these behemoths they become pilots of destruction. I glance behind me in apprehension, and find a bike-riding Harvardian screaming down the narrow Yard paths, no doubt late for his or her "Sex" section. They...
...Healey Street resident reported that an unknown person entered her home through a rear door. There was no sign of forced entry. While the suspect was in the house, he reportedly watched television and made himself at home; the resident reported nothing missing...
...well-known author and an accomplished aviator herself. But in her new memoir, Under a Wing, Lindbergh quickly demystifies flying with Charles Lindbergh: "I know many people would yearn to have had the same experience, but as far as I was concerned, I was just sitting in the rear cockpit of a very small airplane, feeling a little sick to my stomach...
...birth control. The project proposal said, "The mass of Negroes, particularly in the South, still breed carelessly and disastrously, with the result that the increase among Negroes, even more than among whites, is from that portion of the population least intelligent and fit, and least able to rear children properly." The project decided to hire "coloured ministers, preferably with social-service backgrounds, and with engaging personalities" to travel and promote birth-control...