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...account is one of short, specific anecdotes that intensely examine events in Harvard’s “seedy” history and its significant place in the broader story of American history. He tells of a time when traveling Dutchmen confused Harvard for a tavern, and when William Stoughton, Class of 1650—who donated ?1000 to the building of Stoughton Hall—helped convict George Burroughs, Class of 1670, during the Salem witch trials. Schlesinger describes how students were already debating about slavery during Commencement in 1773, how U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, Class...

Author: By Matthew J. Kan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard: A Long, Strange Journey | 3/15/2006 | See Source »

...apple fritter and Shack-a-ccino (total: $5.31) on a folding plastic chair under the shade of a tree. In nearby Bryant Park stand four 'wichcraft kiosks, offering such gourmet handheld meals as stone-ground grits ($4) and marinated white anchovy sandwiches ($8). Owner Tom Colicchio (Craft and Gramercy Tavern) also has an outpost on a Tribeca street corner and even caters to Hampton Jitney passengers. But don't be fooled by these eateries' casual faades and low prices. Fine ingredients and culinary methods can transfer from ritzy kitchens to patches of grass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A to Z | 11/29/2005 | See Source »

...Day” occurred after rising tensions between townsfolk and Oxford University students—tensions attributed to students being governed by the University and not the town, even though the two inhabited the same space—came to a head in a bar brawl at a local tavern. This tiny conflict erupted into a full-scale riot which left nearly one hundred students dead.Admittedly, this took place in 1355—medieval times—though similar tensions persist. In modern times, the problems are somewhat less dramatic: traffic cones appear on the heads of historic statues; brainless...

Author: By Juliet S. Samuel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Little Local Trouble | 11/29/2005 | See Source »

...kick off a celebration of the 230th anniversary of the Marine Corps at Harvard Business School (HBS) Thursday. In a reunion laced with military tradition, 200 current and former Marines and officers gathered to hear about the history of the Corps, which was founded in 1775 at a Philadelphia tavern, and to discuss more contemporary challenges facing Marines in Iraq. Entering the event, festive Marines in uniform shouted “Happy Birthday” to one another and greeted three Harvard undergraduates in attendance who are planning to join the Marine Corps. “It?...

Author: By Rachel L. Pollack, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Marine Corps Reunites at HBS | 11/14/2005 | See Source »

...show like a chessboard, making it easy to move through more than 40 rectangular exhibition spaces in no particular order. Thankfully, there are introductory rooms that explain the importance of Zurich, a neutral haven for European intellectuals from Carl Jung to Vladimir Lenin; discuss the Cabaret Voltaire, the local tavern where the Dadaists met for conversation, poetry and drama; and introduce Dada's large cast of characters through their portraits. These pictures, many of them photographs, bring a sense of reality to artists who would have none of it. The photographer Man Ray stands amid what appears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going Gaga Over Dada | 10/23/2005 | See Source »

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