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...government to the front pages of magazines and newspapers across the nation. And though former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean dropped out of the race for the White House this week, he differs from many past failed presidential candidates in that his legend will likely live on in American political lore for generations. I, however, will remember Dean for something other than his brief tenure as the frontrunner for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination. For in one of those delightfully sublime moments in history when life imitates art, Dean has provided us with one of the most picturesque and artistic exits...
...proceed to the golden filigreed doors of the Omni Parker House Hotel for our second course. According to local lore, the Boston Crème Pie was created for the Parker House’s opening, its chocolate covering an innovation which brought chocolate to the masses. Though we are sitting less than 20 feet away from the table where JFK proposed to Jackie, in the building where he announced his various candidacies, we don’t give a damn about history. It’s time to bring...
...intention to close the superette’s doors forever if his liquor license is suspended for more than a few days. Like the change in College diplomas from Latin to English, the end of Louie’s would signify the poignant passing of an era in Harvard lore...
...Investing in a ritual of traveling together each year is a major phenomenon with young people today," says Ethan Watters, author of Urban Tribes: A Generation Redefines Friendship, Family, and Commitment (Bloomsbury; 272 pages). "These vacations create a kind of group lore and help define what those friendships are about." Watters believes that friend trips strengthen bonds, particularly when members are at different stages in their personal lives. Watters, who is 39 and recently married with a newborn, takes two annual trips with friends in their 30s and early 40s. "The group is shifting right now from single to married...
...clause forbidding “additions or alterations” to the exterior has proved the most troublesome for Harvard architects and lawyers, and the Solomonic compromise which gave birth to the now doomed bridge between Widener and Houghton has stood in University lore for decades...