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Last Thursday, some undergraduates received an e-mail from Associate Dean of the College Judith H. Kidd inviting them to participate in an online University survey “to determine how Harvard affiliates feel about the existing character of Harvard Square.”
In a way, Bettie Page was to '50s movie stars what Edward D. Wood Jr. was to '50s directors. With two differences. One: she had talent, he didn't. Two: Wood's cluelesss movies played in theaters; Bettie's were sold under the counter, mailed in plain brown wrappers. Yet...
Maybe it's a mistake to ask who Bettie was, or what her underground eminence signifies. As Buck Henry writes: "The oft-told Betty Page story is peculiar - a morality tale with no discernible moral, not much plot, and a leading character who is at least elusive."
Anna Fererra, a retired employee of the Cambridge Public Schools who has lived in the neighborhood all her life, described the effects of development on the area’s character.
"Based on the scope and character of the similarities, it is inconceivable that this was a display of youthful innocence or an unconscious or unintentional act. We are extremely proud of Megan McCafferty's success to date with 400,000 copies of her books in print and her most recent...