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...Carling is originally from Sweden, and Ms. Perry has taken Swedish classes since her first year of college to enable her to converse with Mr. Carling in two languages. One midsummer’s night in Stockholm, during one of the couple’s numerous trips to Scandinavia, Mr. Carling proposed. Although Swedish convention involves the “egalitarian” exchange of gold bands, Ms. Perry says her fiancé followed the American fashion of presenting her with a diamond engagement ring because “he knew I would want that...
...brings new meaning to the word “trekkie.” Like modern-day “Star Trek” devotees, Ledyard had an obsession with the final frontier and exploration. However, back in 1786, when the intrepid Dartmouth College drop-out managed to walk through Scandinavia in the dead of winter, the last unknowns were still earthbound. James Zug’s lithe, aptly-named biography, “American Traveler,” delightfully follows the haphazard journeys of the first great American explorer, who sailed with Captain Cook, dined with Thomas Jefferson, and tried...
...brings new meaning to the word “trekkie.” Like modern-day “Star Trek” devotees, Ledyard had an obsession with the final frontier and exploration. However, back in 1786, when the intrepid Dartmouth College drop-out managed to walk through Scandinavia in the dead of winter, the last unknowns were still earthbound. James Zug’s lithe, aptly-named biography, “American Traveler,” delightfully follows the haphazard journeys of the first great American explorer, who sailed with Captain Cook, dined with Thomas Jefferson, and tried...
...ways in which cross-national exchanges can take place, the scholars at the Center for European Studies are open-minded individuals who gain excitement from sharing each other’s research, even when it concerns such disparate fields as literary culture and economic history, and areas from Scandinavia to the Balkans. For students, the Center is a vibrant space where with casual ease we can come in contact with faculty members. At events such as the Center’s Friday lunches, undergraduates quite literally rub shoulders with some of the foremost scholars of, among other things, Paris...
...while Hagen-Dazs has catered to customers who think that gourmet foods are chic, Ben & Jerry's has tried to create an image of simple, down-home wholesomeness. Instead of being decorated with a map of Scandinavia, Ben & Jerry's cartons show a picture of the two be spectacled, bushy-haired owners, who look like refugees from a '60s commune. Pals since they were in high school in Merrick, N.Y., Cohen and Greenfield decided in 1977 that making ice cream would be more fun than what they were doing. Having failed to get into medical school, Greenfield was then...