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...merchandisers, not élite architects, who would be the first to exploit the potential of prefab, though mostly in traditional styles--Tudor, Cape Cod, bungalow--that would have made Le Corbusier fall on his protractor. As early as 1906, the Aladdin Company was mailing out factory-made Readi-Cut house kits of precut, numbered pieces. Between 1908 and 1940, Sears Roebuck shipped out nearly 100,000 of its House by Mail kits. For a cost that varied between $650 and $2,500, the ambitious do-it-yourselfer received an avalanche of 30,000 pieces, including lumber, nails, shingles, windows, hardware...
...team’s last two awards—the John Tudor Memorial Cup (MVP) and the “Cooney” Weiland Award (team spirit and competitiveness)—went to assistant captain Tyler Kolarik. The Crimson’s heart and soul enjoyed the most productive season of his career, scoring 30 points to finish a four-year stint with 115 points in 130 games played. Kolarik was his usual instrumental self on the team’s top power play and penalty kill units, but added another aspect of leadership by example in his play...
Upon entering the 21st Amendment, the debate lulled momentarily as we were shown to a cozy set of tables in the back of the dimly lit bar. The Tudor-style windows were left ajar so that passersby could hear Harvard’s boisterous contributions to the pantheon of political theory. The ROTC discussion degenerated into yells of “I think you’re wrong!” and, “Of course you do, you’re a Democrat!” It was clear that this debate would not die without an interruption?...
Schwarzenegger, his wife Maria Shriver and their four children--Katherine, 13; Christina, 12; Patrick, 9 and Christopher, 5--live in the kind of place that Hollywood-Kennedy royalty would be expected to inhabit. Their home is a five-bedroom, 11-bathroom, Tudor-style pile. It measures 11,000 sq. ft. on six ocean-view acres in Brentwood. Visitors to their home bring back tales of Arnie's lavish humidors, the enormous ceilings and the Warhol silkscreen of Shriver. It all goes with Arnold's fortune--estimated at several hundred million. That comes largely from movies--he was paid $30 million...
...philosophy department—under the leadership of Department Chair Friedrich Nietzsche—“will vote on April 27 on whether or not it exists,” while students interested in history were told to contact Henry VIII, the department’s new Head Tudor...