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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...earliest visitors, the ancient Greeks and Romans, tried just about any concoction to have their way with her. A scholarly study on the subject by Alan Hull Walton tells us that the pith from the branch of the pomegranate tree and the testes of animals were considered hot stuff. So were certain foods. "If envious age relax the nuptial knot," advised the poet Martial, "thy food be scallions, and thy feast shallot." Onions were a favorite, as were garlic, pepper, savory, cabbage, asparagus, eggs, pineapples, snails ("but without sauce," cautioned the fastidious Petronius) and just about any creature dredged from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Aphrodite Was No Lady | 4/24/1989 | See Source »

This play based on the story of the famous Scopes Monkey Trial treats the subject of teaching evolution and creationism in schools. If you took Justice last semester, you saw a portion of the Scopes trial in class--if you were there. If not, you can see the whole thing this weekend at Lowell House in a modern rendition of a philosophical dispute thatt continues to this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Arts on Campus | 4/21/1989 | See Source »

Such a reputation could bring serious financial harm to the newspaper. The Crimson, as an editorially and financially independent institution, should not be subject to such constraints...

Author: By Andrew R. Jassy, | Title: No Eds in Ads | 4/19/1989 | See Source »

...proposed limitations will probably have little effect on Harvard-owned property and the University's development plans, Dowds said. Because Harvard Square is an "overlay district," it is not subject to the same variance requirements as other districts in Cambridge...

Author: By Kirsten L. Parkinson, | Title: Group Seeks End to Variances in Residential Areas | 4/18/1989 | See Source »

...none of these attacks has *** Harvard to make any significant security innovations. While the addition of lights to the Yard is under review by a "security committee" and subject to approval by the Historical Commission, the Yard remains, physically, the same dim and dangerous area of frequent attacks...

Author: By Ghita Schwarz, | Title: Take Back the Campus | 4/18/1989 | See Source »

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