Word: rivers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first time in Harvard's nearly 350-year history, the students moving their sofas and Mao Zedong posters into the river houses in 1971 were not only Harvard men. Among the movers this time were women...
...airy suites containing bathrooms, were considered more desirable than housing at Radcliffe, where rooms were often on a long hallway with communal bathrooms. Because of the comfort factor, as well as the considerable distance between the academic buildings and the Quad, many women were anxious to move to the river...
Park was one of 150 women who moved to the River Houses the semester before the full co-residency plan went into effect, with 50 Radcliffe students each moving to Adams, Winthrop and Dunster Houses...
...crucial thing was the ratio," says Park, who became friends with Rodd and his roommates during her time in Wolbach. "The ratio moved towards 50-50 faster in the Quad than it did by the river. That's why there were a lot of problems in general, because of the four-to-one ratio...
Waist-deep in the fast-running Gunnison River, below the towering rock cliffs of Colorado's Black Canyon, angler John Duncan drifted a tiny brown imitation caddis fly on the filmy surface of the crystal-green water. Suddenly a form rose from below and took the hook. As Duncan played in his leaping, twisting catch, he could tell by its green back, silvery sides and blazing red stripe that he had hooked a rainbow trout. Then Duncan saw something else: a jet-black discoloration on the fish's tail and rear section. The trout was clearly diseased. "I was shocked...