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...spirit of the season, we believe that now is the perfect time to reflect on the state of life at Harvard and to take note of what can be done better. At Harvard, many of us ultimately aim to change the world. In our quests for greatness, however, we tend to overlook the little things that, while perhaps not the banes of civilization, still sort of suck. We believe that these small and humble requests will profoundly alter life in Cambridge, and provide a foundation upon which a Harvard revolution can stand strong. Or, they’ll just...
...high-pooped ships before they sailed off, Juan Trippe was also showing off his newest ship of the air. The ship was a great, fat-bellied Boeing Stratocruiser, the first delivered to any airline. When it flew into Boston last week, it created the biggest stir since Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis landed there in 1927 on its triumphal tour. Some 50,000 people ... broke through police lines to rubberneck at the world's newest and biggest (71 tons), fanciest and fastest (up to 375 m.p.h.) commercial airliner ... At Chicago, crowds jostled for peeks at its spiral staircase...
...Spirit On The Water Beautiful swing jazz love song with great piano and harmonica. Optimistic ending from the singer, who’s been around, but is still in the game: “You think I`m over the hill, you think I`m past my prime/ Let me see what you got, we can have a whoppin’ good time”–language clues you in to the putative time of this song...
Beyond the Horizon Nice love song, swing jazz again, simpler in lyrics than “Spirit On The Water,” and not as aesthetically perfect, but that’s fine...
...section stays alert, ready to play as soon as the game stops for a whistle. In true Harvard spirit, the low brass especially keeps a keen eye out for the hand of the referee, ready to play the imposing theme from Mussorgsky’s “Night on Bald Mountain” whenever an opposing player takes a trip to the penalty box. Saxophones play a bagpipe tune, and the trumpets break into fanfares from a myriad of classical composers to rouse our team to even greater feats and higher scores...