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...would gather young and old, warriors and elders, turbulent adolescents, the sleek and paunchy middle-aged, the venerable and wheezing. Lawyers and truckers, body builders, Senators from Oregon, good husbands and wife beaters, Spur Posse mouth breathers, waiters, neurosurgeons, garbagemen and nerds, Tailhookers beastly and Kennedys innumerable, Bly drummers, sweet guys and feel-copping clerics, politicians, pillars of rectitude, forced-entry brutes, girlymen, stockbrokers, philosophers, sales reps, homeless ruins, ex-wife- drained alimoners, gangsta rappers, J. Crew preppies and gunrack bubbas, family-values Bobs and Herbs, whirlpooling cretins, introverts, Fundamentalists, jocks, spazzes, fatboys and hunks and delicate blossoms, biologists, astronauts...
Some of Pei's finest achievements are the most practical. In contrast to the hodgepodge that reigned in the old painting galleries, he arranged the rooms to create a succession of schools and periods. He also conceived the sleek black escalator that runs from the underground level up to the top floor. Set in a vast hall of polished stone, it is the central nexus that links all the departments to one another. Thanks to the large windows on the landings, it offers dramatic perspectives of the grand outdoor Pyramid and the majestic facades of the other wings. Wherever possible...
...Crimson's hopes revolve around 6'1" junior forward/center Tammy Butler, Harvard's sleek version of former Olympian Cheryl Miller. A first team All-Ivy selection as a sophomore, Butler finished last season third in Ivy scoring (16.1), second in rebounding (11.4), and fifth in field goal percentage (.538). She will be the focal point of the offense, and her skills are perfectly suited for a wide-open game...
...Sunday not long ago, several members of the fledgling organization circumnavigated Fresh Pond's pavement path in search of winged wildlife. Varying in age from freshman to senior, each birder was dressed for the part--warm, sturdy clothing, sleek binoculars and a copy of The Field Guide to North American Birds. Co-captain of the team Allen Hutcheson '95 also sported a duck call. "They're not standard equipment," he said...
Those with a yen for elevator trivia should know that Claverly's pride and joy is the oldest Harvard elevator, datingfrom the early 20th century. The brand new Ferrarion the Harvard elevator scene is a sleek andup-to-date handicapped accessible hydraulic liftin Greenough Hall...