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...replays of bloodied shin kickers or muddied bog snorkelers going for the gold. For, as J.R. Daeschner relates in his obsessive, down-and-dirty travelogue, True Brits (Arrow Books; 340 pages), they're the kind of thing that passed for "physical culture" among the Anglo-Saxons of yore. And what's more, such ancient sports and kindred traditions are very much alive and, er, kicking in 21st century Britain. The Cotswold "Olimpicks" - events included cudgel fights and bearbaiting - survived until the intervention of tut-tutting vicars, landowners and justices of the peace in 1852. The sport of shin kicking...
Brian A. Sullivan claims that the Yard of yore isn’t so very different from Harvard today. And he’s right. The musing pontifications and perspicacious reflections of Francis Ellingwood Abbot make him the pundit du jour, relevant in his time and in our own. Word...
Fans who lost track of Juvenile after his 1998 breakout album 400 Degreez may have trouble believing that Juve the Great is a product of the same man and the same record label. Gone are the flashy Cash Money album covers of yore. Gone, too, is the creative monopoly normally afforded to producer Mannie Fresh. Even Juvenile’s voice has changed, sounding surprisingly polished for a man whose first hit consisted of grunting “ha” at the end of each line. In fact, the only constant is Juvenile’s uncanny flair...
Last Friday, Harvard as we know it morphed into the Hahvahd of yore. As first-years’ parents descended on the Yard, the College ensured that the grass was pristine, the professors properly suited and the sky bright and blue...
...What is here is professionalization. The stiff challenge of simultaneously upgrading facilities while lowering entrance fees to attract new members in a recessionary economy requires officials of stronger nerves than the blimpish club presidents of yore. Harbinger of the new wave is Andrew Mckenzie, the young chairman of the United Services Recreation Club (USRC). By day, he manages a large construction company and so brings a business brain to the clubhouse, salting his conversation with marketing speak like "strategic partnership" and "image enhancement...