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...museum in Allston would be very appropriate because Allston is the only town in America named after an American artist,” said Berkeley of the pioneering 19th-century American landscape painter Washington Allston—a member of the Harvard Class...
...away.” Matthew H. Espy ’03 was widely known in 2002 for his considerably speedy mathematical ability and his tendency to travel as frequently and widely as possible. Both are still active components of his life, he assured us, just after arriving back in town after a weekend in Tampa chasing the Falcons football team. “Every weekend, I try and go somewhere,” he says. “Since September, I’ve probably made over 15 trips—Cincinnati, Detroit, Boston. You name...
...That family could populate a decent-sized town. She had seven children, 40 grandchildren, 75 great-grandchildren, 150 great-great-grandchildren, 220 great-great-great-grandchildren and 75 great-great-great-great-grandchildren. Imagine trying to remember the birthdays. Picture Thanksgiving dinner...
...painted by Bukvaj himself. But he wishes it was even bigger: Bukvaj feels that his 7-m-by-3-m room still doesn't provide enough space for his nativity scene. "If I only could tear this wall down," he laments. The residents of Trest, a sleepy Czech Republic town in the highlands halfway between Prague and Vienna, have been putting up elaborate nativity scenes in their homes for almost 200 years. Bukvaj's is just one of 15 homes that open up to the public from Dec. 25 to Feb. 2 each year. The healthy rivalry that exists among...
...downtown area. Hundreds of Marines and a handful of Navy medics hole up every day inside several newly established police stations in central Ramadi. In the latest push to gain control of the city, U.S. forces man what amount to a string of inner-city garrisons across town, offering training and support to small groups of Iraqi police who warily walk the surrounding streets. The patrols rarely venture far. The blocks around the compounds are flush with insurgents who watch the movements of Iraqi security forces and U.S. troops, waiting to attack at unpredictable moments...