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...dozens of streets lined with Bauhaus beauties, so take your pick. Our walk started at the old kiosk on Rothschild Boulevard - a city landmark and a favorite rest stop for late-morning dog walkers. Strolling up the boulevard, we passed more than a dozen Bauhaus buildings with their trademark details, such as the "thermometer" (a glassed-in stairwell rising up the side of the edifice) and the rounded balconies on which you expect a ship's captain and a socialite to appear with martinis. Taking the nautical look to extremes, a few Bauhaus buildings even have a row of portholes...
...longtime Marceau assistant Valérie Bochenek formed the association "A Museum for Bip" - a reference to the mime's famous sailor-suited character. Its initial aim was to raise $135,000 and buy as many of Marceau's most artistically significant relics as possible - including Bip's trademark costume (for which bids opened on Wednesday at a mere $1,350). Despite their collecting more than 3,000 signatures of support in less than two weeks, Martell acknowledges that they got significantly less money than hoped for. Still, during Tuesday's auctioning, Bochenek made 10 successful bids worth nearly...
...That, however, was a mere drop in Bip's trademark flower-sprouting hat. The 400 objects auctioned on Tuesday generated $342,000. Wednesday's docket of 500 items is expected to generate even more, as the majority of Marceau's costumes and stage props...
...FlyBy guesses The World's Thinking whether Harvard really needs to be paying for the trademark "Pocket Mentor" with more professors leaving the Faculty than joining it, sections growing larger, and professors raising the alarm that departments may get consolidated as a result of Dean Smith's call to "reshape...
...Computer Science Professor and former Dean of the College Harry Lewis pointed out in an interview last week, there is one area where Harvard might be able to trim the fat: paying for trademarks. Take a look at the bottom of Harvard's homepage, www.harvard.edu, under "Trademark notice." Apparently the Provost's Office is paying good money to maintain or apply for the following trademarks...