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...lifetime, learning that transmits the heritage of millennia; learning that shapes the future. A university looks both backwards and forwards in ways that must—that even ought to—conflict with a public’s immediate concerns or demands. Universities make commitments to the timeless, and these investments have yields we cannot predict and often cannot measure. Universities are stewards of living tradition – in Widener and Houghton and our 88 other libraries, in the Fogg and the Peabody, in our departments of classics, of history and of literature. We are uncomfortable with efforts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faust Inauguration Speech: 'Unleashing Our Most Ambitious Imaginings' | 10/12/2007 | See Source »

Though “Bent” no longer needs to serve this function, it still succeeds as an incredibly valuable piece of historical fiction, with its timeless theme of self-interest competing with the need for others and its humor in the face of tragedy...

Author: By Victoria B. Kabak, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Bent’ Tells a Wrenching Tale | 10/8/2007 | See Source »

DALLAS Cole Haan's ostrich checkbook wallet ($475) has a timeless appeal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The A List: Wallets | 9/21/2007 | See Source »

...years and then Lagerfeld, who hired her away 11 years ago. At Lagerfeld's side during the run up to Chanel collections, Harlech is the sounding board, the outside pair of eyes. Her job description may remain elusive, but Harlech manages to be exactly of her times and yet timeless, which is what designers seeking style?not trendiness?yearn for. She is, in her own way, a fashion compass set to true north, a rare and enduring force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Muse by Any Other Name (But Don't Call Her That) | 9/21/2007 | See Source »

...Silvana wear Giorgio Armani, naturally. "I have a velvet tuxedo from 1995 that I still wear all the time," says Silvana, who sneaks a little bit of Polo Ralph Lauren into her weekend wardrobe. "I can wear any Armani jacket from 20 years ago," declares Roberta. "It's timeless." But ever since she officially began doing VIP work for the company two years ago, Roberta has made sure that her wardrobe is 100% Armani. "My private life is public now too," she says, "so even my house is filled with Armani Casa furniture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping It All in the Family | 9/21/2007 | See Source »

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