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...night, borrows its theme from the neighboring main branch of the New York Public Library. Each of the hotel's 10 residence floors is dedicated to a different area of knowledge, and every room is subtly decorated with art and books reflecting its particular subject. The eighth floor is the literature floor, and the prints hanging on the wall in room 800.005, the Fairy Tales room, are scenes from The Wizard of Oz, Treasure Island and a 19th century children's story about a girl who won't eat her vegetables; a copy of Maurice Sendak's classic children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hotels of Whim and Vigor | 12/1/2002 | See Source »

...night, borrows its theme from the neighboring main branch of the New York Public Library. Each of the hotel's 10 residence floors is dedicated to a different area of knowledge, and every room is subtly decorated with art and books reflecting its particular subject. The eighth floor is the literature floor, and the prints hanging on the wall in room 800.005, the Fairy Tales room, are scenes from The Wizard of Oz, Treasure Island and a 19th century children's story about a girl who won't eat her vegetables; a copy of Maurice Sendak's classic children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hotels Of Whim And Vigor | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

Harvard dominated up and down the lineup, with particularly strong performances at the bottom of the ladder. The seventh, eighth and ninth spots gave up only eight points combined...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Squash Cruises Over No. 8 Brown | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

...cozied up on the overstuffed couches that line two of the walls. Daniel bounds around the room in response to different students’ calls for assistance. After a silly question from Carmen Acosta, Daniel does an impromptu dance move as she answers. With Max, an eighth-grader with spiky blond hair and a mischievous grin, she is infinitely patient as he tries to wheedle his way out of reading. He gestures for Daniel to come over, and when she stands inquiringly by him, taps his forehead and says, “What was I going to ask?...

Author: By Mollie H. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Heads of the Class | 11/21/2002 | See Source »

...students, college-age teachers mix it up in a good way. “A lot of times student teachers are better because they’re younger,” says Julia Widdig, a seventh-grader in Daniel’s class. Aliazar Asefa, an eighth grade student, pipes in, “It’s cool because you feel like you can talk to Michaela. She takes time out of her social life to help us out. And she brings us pizza...

Author: By Mollie H. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Heads of the Class | 11/21/2002 | See Source »

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