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...another new development this year, BayBank is also sponsoring a program on the ecology and preser- vation of the Charles River, the press release said...

Author: By Peggy S. Chen, | Title: Head of Charles Web Site Created | 10/6/1995 | See Source »

...explorations, Glueck remained a "surface man," which means that he covered large areas, guided by reason, tradition and literary clues, and learned what he could from surface finds. The "digger" school deplores this approach as super ficial. Nothing counts, say the diggers, until the careful, laborious toil of exca vation has extracted every droplet of evidence. To the strict diggers, the edu cated estimates of the surface men are all too fallible. The balanced truth is that each method has advantages, de pending on the nature of the country and the sites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Archaeology: The Shards of History | 12/13/1963 | See Source »

...safety of his home in the morn ing, ran considerable risk of being robbed or assassinated by ruffians, or jailed or executed by his rulers, before he could return to it. And the home it self was a poor sanctuary from starva tion and disease, from pain and pri vation and death." Things are better now, even for the underprivileged, in much of the world. But it is a case of new stresses being substituted for old. Because there has been "an explosion of expectations," there will be "again a stressful period of adjusting to the abundance of goods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Research: How to Handle Stress: Learn to Enjoy It | 11/29/1963 | See Source »

...another development, the Friends of Harvard Track have given the team money to practice in Florida during spring vation. Thirty-four members of the squad and three coaches will fly down to Gainesville, Fla., this Saturday to practice with the University of Florida...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Benjamin Almost Sets 2 Mi. Record | 3/23/1959 | See Source »

...same year the Hasty Pudding Dramatic Association was formed, so that the producers could squeeze out enough capital for another road trip. This inno vation was described by Roger S. Hewlett '33 as "really only a character on paper to legitimize the theatricals and to avoid the government taxes." "1776", the next year's show, evidently profited from the merger as it embarked on one of the most ambitious Pudding tours ever. It played to audiences in Boston, Northampton, Cleveland, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, and Detroit...

Author: By James W. B. benkard, | Title: Pudding Shows: Who Cares About the Money | 3/13/1956 | See Source »

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