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Major Henry Higginson must be lonely. One of the all-time best friends of undergraduates is stuck presiding over the central stairway of the Barker Center, watching students dash in and out while faculty members toil in quiet offices. The man who chose central heating over lavish furnishings to create a common space that would make all undergrads feel comfortable has been forced to watch his club be converted into an office building for professors...
That conviction is what sustains the pilgrims as they toil up the barren, vertiginous slopes from the Great Rift Valley to the high, dusty plain where Axum lies. Many began their journey on the Julian New Year, back in September; even if one can afford to fly or drive, it is unseemly not to walk. The destination is not only holy to the church but sacred to the nation. From the son of Sheba 3,000 years ago descended an unbroken line of Ethiopian Emperors down to the people's revolution in 1974. Today Axum is the capital of Tigrai...
...dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night At Annenberg's back door. "They're serving grapes to the Harvard kids," Says Joe, tears in his eyes. There's some who say the boycott's done, "But it's never done," says Joe. "So long as workers toil and sweat With neither voice nor pay." From San Fernando up to Mass In every school and U Where students protest for the cause It's there you'll find Joe Hill. It's there you'll find Joe Hill. --Richard L. Brown, general counsel, Delaware River Port Authority, Parent...
...teams lurk outside the Oval Office so much that White House officials barely notice them after a while. They look like any network news crew--a sound man, maybe a camerawoman and a guy toting a portable light--but they don't work for CBS or NBC. Instead they toil long hours behind the scenes, roaming from the East Room to the West Wing, waiting for Bill Clinton to arrive, shake hands and say a few words. They turn their tapes over to the White House Communications Office, which uses the videos for p.r., as favors for Administration allies...
...perfection, violinist Gil Shaham may be the classical music world's most polished performer. By the end of his performance with the Boston Symphny Orchestra Saturday night, he had convinced the rapt audience at Symphony Hall that Mendelssohn violin concertos simply grew out of his gleaming Stradivarius without effort, toil or even a few hours' practice...