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...pistol on New Year's Eve that got him thrown into the Colored Waifs' Home, an institution bent on refining ruffians. It was there that young Louis first put his lips to the mouthpiece of a cornet. Like any American boy, no matter his point of social origin, he had his dreams. At night he used to lie in bed, hearing the masterly Freddie Keppard out in the streets blowing that golden horn, and hope that he too would someday have command of a clarion sound...
...cracks in the walls and doors of Harvard's many old dorm rooms allow smoke to leave its room of origin. It pollutes hallways and seeps through the doors of non-smokers. Thus, these innocents are put at a higher risk of smoking-related ailments by their fellow students...
Though Sorenson says personal ties lie behind most contributions from Asia, Vogel explained that gifts from the region are more likely to be institutional in origin than U.S. gifts, which tend to come from alumni...
Harvard has not always said "yes," however. Vogel recalls that a grant from Asia for a lecture series was returned when the source of the funds objected to a particular speaker on political grounds. While he refuses to divulge the gift's country of origin, Vogel stresses that Harvard chose to return the money rather than capitulate to its donor...
...recognize the diverse notions of Irishness which existed within the diaspora, Robinson said. In contrast to countries like Israel, which had successfully built ties with Jews abroad, the Irish government had not looked to "the array of people outside Ireland for whom this island is a place of origin...