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Daily Archives: May 10, 2026
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Quote, Unquote
By reimagining college-admissions criteria, James Conant hoped to spark a social and cultural revolution. The age of the Well-Bred Man was vanishing. The age of the Cognitive Elite was here.
~ David Brooks
via How the Ivy League Broke America
published by The Atlantic
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Campus Life at
La Trobe University
Interesting Read
via The New York Times:
Paul Brainerd Dies at 78; Pioneered Desktop Publishing With PageMaker
by Michael S. Rosenwald
published on March 21, 2026
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Midday Music Fix
David Bowie – Ashes To Ashes
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Midday Music Fix
Alice In Chains – Angry Chair
(From MTV Unplugged)
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Campus Life at the
Queensland University of Technology
Campus Trivia
Question: Which were the 10 largest American companies in 1965?
The Fortune 500 list of the 10 largest American companies in 1965 is as follows:
- General Motors
- Exxon
- Ford
- General Electric
- Mobile
- Chrysler
- U.S. Steel
- Texaco
- International Business Machines
- Gulf Oil
Between 1955 and 1965, three companies dropped out of the Fortune 500 Top 10: Esmark; Armour and Dupont.
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Campus Life at the
University of Manchester
Midnight Trailer
True Romance
True Romance was directed by Tony Scott and written by Quentin Tarantino. Featuring Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, and Christopher Walken. It was released in 1993 by Warner Bros. Pictures.
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