Word: rushing
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Read Forrest, read. Associate professor of English at Providence College Forrest Gander reads from his poetry tonight. His collections include "Rush to the Lake" and "Lynchburg". A Reception will follow in Farnsworth Room. Woodberry Poetry, Forum Room, Lamont Library. 495-2452. 5:30 p.m. FREE...
...members is to assemble a diverse group of students from different backgrounds of different races, and of both sexes. "Kind of the opposite of final clubs," says one Harvard freshman proctor who was a member of a secret society. The group of 15 is simply chosen--there is no "rush" or initiation process. They pay no dues or fees during their year as members; all funding comes from alumni of the societies...
...members is to assemble a diverse group of students from different backgrounds of different races, and of both sexes. "Kind of the opposite of final clubs," says one Harvard freshman proctor who was a member of a secret society. The group of 15 is simply chosen--there is no "rush" or initiation process. They pay no dues or fees during their year as members; all funding comes from alumni of the societies...
There is no comeback for that. The Galleria, where Robinsons-May drew one last rush on the final day of its liquidation sale last week, is dead at 20. It is survived by the movie stars who got their start here, including Penn, Cage and Jennifer Jason Leigh. It is survived as well by Ed and Dianne Edmunds, of Edmunds Unique Gifts, who will miss the Galleria but have found a new home at Fashion Square...
...other record holders: a 44-lb. crystallized leaf gold nugget, purportedly the world's biggest, worth $3 million, at the Ironstone Vineyards; and the giant sequoias, members of the world's largest living species, in Calaveras Big Trees State Park. Twain visited Bret Harte, another gold-rush writer, at Harte's cabin near California Caverns, where, according to local lore, Twain spelunked and found inspiration for the cave in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Nearby Columbia State Historic Park is one of California's best-preserved gold-rush towns, with many original buildings...