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...When it’s all said and done, I’m with Harvard,” Frazier said. “I’m for Harvard. I want to train them to beat Brown the best way I can,” His old coach Kelleher saw it the same way. “He is the enemy now,” he said. —Staff writer Max N. Brondfield can be reached at mbrondf@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Eric P. Newcomer can be reached at newcomer@fas.harvard.edu...
...building designed by Swiss-French architect Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, in North America. Rumor has it that Corbusier came to see the building when it was completed in 1963, only to accuse the contractor of building it upside down. Others insist that Corbusier never even saw the Carpenter Center in person.WIDENER, LAMONT AND PUSEY LIBRARIESThe lore surrounding Widener is familiar to many: namely, the bibliophile Titanic victim whose mother donated a boatload—pun intended—of money to the school, premised on the condition that Harvard instituted a swim test as a requirement...
...Booth said that her branch saw a “huge increase” between Thanksgiving and Christmas from people interested in consigning their clothing. They were booked for consignment appointments—clients who want to sell their clothes must bring them in for approval before the hit the racks—about three weeks in advance, an unheard of backlog...
...Last year was retail’s worst yet, and the Wall Street Journal reported that high end retailers like Saks have resorted to slashing prices to combat sluggish sales. Still, Saks saw January sales plummet by 24 perecent. Neiman Marcus is expecting a previously unheard-of quarterly loss for the holiday shopping period...
...contrast, 70 percent of the surveyed members of the National Association of Resale and Thrift Shops (NARTS) reported sales increases between fall 2007 and fall 2008, with an average increase of 35%. The vast majority also saw increases in the numbers of new customers and consigners...