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...Harvard, Nickerson joined the Hasty Pudding, the Owl Club, one of the less prestigious final clubs, and the Stylus Club ("a very select drinking club," he recalls...
...courtly, imposing figure, given to Olympian judgments. A longtime associate characterized him as "something of a grandee." Nearly everyone called him Mr. Krock. During 66 years as a journalist, Arthur Krock was the confidant-and quite often the prickly conscience-of the select and powerful in Washington. The mighty talked to him trustingly as a friend or warily as a critic, but almost always they talked...
...competition for those prizes that require submitted work, as opposed to cumulative academic achievement. An official in the prize office said that most of the essay contests that her office oversaw this year drew under 10 competitors. The problem may be one of access for the whole community: A select few students compete for costly rewards. Or it may be benign: Few students--men or women--are interested in competing for essay prizes. Or it may pertain specifically to the status of women in the University...
Rather than allow reporters to directly cover CUE discussions, as it did last year, the committee will select one of its members to meet with reporters and give an account of that week's meeting...
When Harvard performs the laying-of-hands ceremony on its select student superstars, it often seems to keep its hands off women undergraduates and graduates...