They provide unique insights into Timbuktu's emergence as a trading post, and by the 1500s, as a famous university town, full of students and scribes.
Patients who shop around often do so on the basis of intangibles like whether a hospital is affiliated with a famous university or pro sports team.
Students have protested, even occupying part of university building where Abraham Lincoln gave a famous anti-slavery speech.
Which brings me to Heidelberg, a city steeped in the past--its famous castle and university date back to the eleventh century--but which offers an intriguing glimpse of the future.
He had previously endowed professorships in Shakespearean Studies and Jewish Studies at the college, and is also currently funding through the Yale University Press a series of approximately 100 books on famous Jews throughout history.
Applegate said she had worked on The Most Famous Man in America for 20 years, originally planning it as a university assignment.
Last year a Duke University grad--apparently inspired by motivational speaker Matt Foley, the famous Chris Farley character from Saturday Night Live--decided to live in a van parked near campus to save money.
He wants to add a university in the next two or three years, as well as a park dedicated to famous world figures (he offers Abraham Lincoln and Jesus as examples).
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But a vocal group of students, faculty and alumni has protested charging tuition for almost two years including a group of students who occupied part of university building last December, where Abraham Lincoln gave his famous "right makes might" anti-slavery speech.
Alistair Wood of Vanderbilt University, who chaired the panel, joked that perhaps there should be new ads in which a famous figure skater with arthritis drops on the ice from a heart attack.
Karen Sternheimer, a sociology professor at the University of Southern California, compared the attraction of Dorner's story to admiration for famous outlaws like Billy the Kid and Bonnie and Clyde.
McDade was famous for bringing home federal money, a national park in Scranton devoted to steam locomotives, grants galore for Scranton University, and 4, 000 jobs at an Army base the Pentagon couldn't close.
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