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...wanted to even the score; the U.S. wanted French money, supplies and military help. Together they beat Britain (there were more French soldiers than Americans at the battle of Yorktown). Their hardheaded transactions were sweetened by personal alliances. America's most important diplomat in Paris was the scientist and wit Benjamin Franklin, who became such a celebrity in France that his image graced snuffboxes and inkwells. The hero the French sent in return was the Marquis de Lafayette, an ardent young nobleman who passionately embraced the cause of liberty and was regarded by George Washington as a surrogate...
...Agassiz Theatre. The director is David R. Gammons ’92, the student producer is Christine K.L. Bendorf ’10, and almost all the actors are current undergraduates at Harvard College. Fortunately, the play is not weighed down by its symbolic connections, instead maintaining a cutting wit and sense of the absurd throughout...
...those who may be skeptical of Manny’s shrewd rhetorical skills or J-Pap’s cutting wit, we’ve compiled some of the best examples of their wisdom and insight, in their own words...
...festivities involved a whole lot more than knucking and bucking, as it kicked off mid-week with one Lampenior doubling as a vigilante in his first ever citizen’s arrest, complete with GPS tracking and car trailing. Apparently all you need to catch criminals is a quick wit and nothing else to do...More hell on wheels is being brought by Cabot’s most bad-ass senior, who has been using his mother’s fiery red motorized scooter to get to his LSAT classes. He’d offer you a ride...
...wit: The Boston Red Sox have swept the last two World Series in which they've appeared. The last team to achieve that feat was the New York Yankees, who won eight straight in the 1998 and '99 Fall Classics. Last off-season, the Sox overpaid for two free agents, outfielder J.D. Drew (five years, $70 million) and Japanese pitching phenom Daisuke Matsuzaka (six years, $52 million), just like the damn Yankees usually do. These players, however, did produce in the post-season: Drew's grand slam against the Cleveland Indians in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series...