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...Jones ’69 lived in Holworthy Hall instead of Mower Hall. In November, the blatant error finally caused Holworthy residents to put up a sign (“Al Gore and Tommy Lee Jones lived in MOWER”) alerting UT guides—and their tourists??to the mistake. Benjamin M. Wu ’10, of Holworthy, says he used to catch snippets of UT tours as they passed by and at first thought it was “cool” that Gore and Jones were said to have lived in Holworthy...

Author: By Van Le, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mower, you say? Sorry, we don’t serve that here | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

When asked if he thought Harvard was a plausible terrorist target, Brian A. Haut ’08 says, “did you say ‘tourists?? or ‘terrorists?...

Author: By Jessica M. Luna, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Terrorism at Harvard? | 10/25/2006 | See Source »

...want its citizens to see cable television. It might show them the trappings of more prosperous societies. Second, Cuba’s regime stifles innovation. I met a taxi driver who told me he left his post as a history professor because he could make more money from tourists?? tips in a day than he otherwise would in a month. Smith’s observation that people respond to economic incentives really seems to hold true in this case. Economic incentives—and sadly, not solely intellectual or spiritual motives—can bring about progress...

Author: By Anna M. Friedman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hapless Havana | 2/8/2006 | See Source »

...sure if Harvard’s female scientists can make the switch from ounces to grams on their recipe cards. Whatever the case may be, switching to metric would greatly benefit the school. Tour guides would then be able to answer the pressing question on so many tourists?? minds: how many hectares is Harvard Yard...

Author: By Charles R. Drummond iv | Title: Celsius 488 | 10/26/2005 | See Source »

...especially western, governments who have pledged billions in emergency relief cannot be satisfied by the contradictory message sent by hedonistic tourists carrying on their vacations as if nothing happened. Muslims, who constitute a large proportion of the population in much of the tsunami-affected area, cannot be comfortable at tourists?? consumption of alcohol under any circumstances, least of all when they are spending their days in a desperate search for a future. Most of all, however, Thais, Indonesians, Sri Lankans, and their South Asian neighbors must be furious with the visitors to their countries who ignore their efforts...

Author: By Adam Goldenberg, | Title: Epidemic Indifference | 1/12/2005 | See Source »

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