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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Harvard town (1990 pop. 12,329), Worcester co., E central Mass.; inc. 1732. A Shaker house and cemetery, a Native American museum, and a Harvard observatory are there. A museum on the site of Fruitlands, a cooperative vegetarian community founded by Bronson Alcott , is in the area. Nearby Fort Devens closed in 1996. Author not available, HARVARD. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

John Harvard
John Harvard Little is known about the short life of John Harvard (1607-1638). Yet his legacy has continued down through the centuries as the principal benefactor of Harvard University, arguably one of the world's most highly respected... Read more

Harvard University
mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1638 it was named... Read more

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	STUDY: HARVARD BOLSTERS BOSTON SCHOOL'S SPENDING HELPED SHIELD CITY DURING DOWNTURN ; Harvard University boosts the local economy by $3.4 billion a year...steady job base that grew 17 percent between 1992 and 2002. "Harvard has played a big stabilizing role," said Mary Power, senior director of community relations at Harvard. The university released a similar report in 1999, and... Read more
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	At Harvard, a higher-than-ever profile ; Harvard University has made a lot of news since it was founded in 1636. But it has never had a year like this. Some of the news has been tragic: a deadly helicopter crash at a Harvard boathouse, a fatal overdose at a Harvard-affiliated hospital, now a murder-suicide in a Harvard dormitory. Some of ... Read more
	Harvard picks a president Neil Rudenstine, ex-Princeton provost, chosen ; Harvard University yesterday named former Princeton University...colleagues as thoughtful and conciliatory, departs from Harvard tradition in some respects. Rudenstine, who went to Princeton as an undergraduate, obtained his doctorate from Harvard and taught English there in the '60s; past presidents have... Read more
	HARVARD HOPES TALKS STALL ARSENAL LEGISLATION ; Harvard University and the town of Watertown are speaking again, but that doesn't mean the exchanges are friendly. Harvard is trying to come up with a palatable plan for making payments-in-lieu-...Watertown's commercial tax base, and the town is outraged that Harvard isn't willing to promise full tax ... Read more
	TOWN, HARVARD STILL HAGGLING UNIVERSITY HOPES TO FORESTALL ARSENAL TAX BILL ; WATERTOWN - Harvard University and the Town of Watertown are...doesn't mean the exchanges are friendly. Harvard is trying to come up with a palatable...tax base, and the town is outraged that Harvard is not willing to promise full tax compensation... Read more
	HARVARD IS ELIMINATED BY MICHIGAN STATE CRIMSON GO DOWN SHOOTING IN GAME 2 ; Harvard's hustling hockey team bowed out of the NCAA playoffs last...But our kids didn't quit. They battled right to the end." Harvard outshot the Spartans, 29-19, but was done in by its power...goaltending of MSU freshman Jason Muzzatti, who stopped Harvard freshman center Peter Ciavaglia on a penalty shot ... Read more
	CRIMSON'S NUMBERS DO LIE HARVARD BETTER WHEN IT COUNTS ; HARVARD 52, CORNELL 23 Crimson's numbers do lie Harvard better when it counts By Paul Harber, Globe Staff, 10/13...you don't think so, peruse these facts from yesterday's Harvard-Cornell game at The Stadium. Total plays: Cornell 84, Harvard... Read more
	HARVARD LAW ENDS ITS BAN ON MILITARY CITES RISK OF LOSING US FUNDS ; Harvard Law School has lifted its longstanding ban on military...gays serving openly in the armed forces, risked costing Harvard University an annual $328 million in federal funding, according...institutions allowing military recruiters to visit, but Harvard didn't feel its effect until this summer. Since ... Read more

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