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Headed by Patrice Calvel, architect-in-chief of the Historical Monuments in France, the Chartres Cathedral restoration team publicized their efforts to raise money to restore the Cathedral’s former grandeur in one of the series of lectures on April 2 held by Harvard’s Committee on Medieval Studies. Financial need aside, the talk updated the attendees on the team’s progress and stressed the importance of broadening the national scope of the project into an international concern...
...average 20-year-old, convincingly recounting the experience of a woman who “found a babe atop a log and all alone / Took him under, took him on.” “Made By Maid” provides a calming respite from the grandeur of the more intense numbers, and impresses with its unadorned elegance...
...overall power. “I was awed by the sweep of it,” says McIntyre as he is led into the war-rent ruins of a French cathedral, “and the very damage, the smashed incompleteness, made me realize as never before the grandeur of its inspiration.” The same might be said of “Three Days Before the Shooting...,” a collection whose lack of narrative cohesion makes the book itself a commentary on Ellison’s declaration of the essentially fragmented nature of our experience...
...Pavement at their funniest (“Harness Your Hopes”), their most spontaneous (“For Sale: The Preston School of Industry”) and their most heartfelt (“All My Friends”), serving as true testaments to Pavement’s prolific grandeur and limitless creativity...
Dining Hall: Let’s be serious. Dunster has the best House dining hall. The dark wood panels, lighted chandeliers, big windows, and House Master portraits adorning the beautiful Dunster dining hall is the closest you will get to re-living the grandeur of Annenberg Hall. Even better, Dunster avoids all the things you hated about Annenberg: the staff is exceptionally friendly, the serving area is well-designed and spacious, and there are rarely long lines or limited seating. And there are no unwelcoming dining hall restrictions, so feel free to invite your friends...