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...even started. I’ll give you an example. My freshman year, Harvard traveled to Yale and competed in probably the greatest playing of the Game in the storied history of its rivalry with the aforementioned sucky Bulldogs. I was inspired by the halftime exploits of a now-famous former Sports Editor, Timothy J. McGinn ’07. He rushed onto the field and stole Handsome Dan, the ugly bulldog of a mascot for Eli’s bunch of nitwits and smelly people. He ran and ran and took that...
Habakuk, a lawyer herself, said “The Harvard Law School is famous in Europe. I knew when I came to Boston...
...schooling to revive it and stitch it back together? Who’s the best rapper of all time? Most people will say “Notorious B.I.G.” or “Tupac,” two candidates to the throne but also the most famous martyrs of rap’s sometimes-violent history. In “Mr. Carter,” arguably the best track on the album, Weezy makes that claim outright: “Next time you mention Pac, Biggie, and Jay-Z / Don’t forget Weezy Baby...
...Also Rises.” I had been in Paris for 6 weeks. All summer I had been walking past cafés where Hemingway drank himself into (and out of) depression. An American in Paris, I couldn’t help but think about that earlier, more famous group of Americans in Paris: Fitzgerald, Stein, Miller, Hemingway. (The fact that every other person I spoke to brought up “A Moveable Feast,” the precious book where Hemingway nostalgically trashes all of his friends and mentors, only encouraged this train of thought.) And so, with...
...every perfunctory exchange the two have had. And the much longed-for invitation to the White House - let alone to a certain ranch in Texas - has been the object of countless pages of speculation. But for all the aspiration, Zapatero has never managed to achieve anything like that famous 2003 photo of his predecessor, José María Aznar, in the Azores looking like he just got invited to the cool kids' party...