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Yale's New Haven line not selling as well, for some reason.


I have long suspected that snobbery rather than educational merit motivates much of the obsession with the Ivy League Ivy League

Group of eight universities in the northeastern U.S., high in academic and social prestige, that are members of an athletic conference for intercollegiate gridiron football dating to the 1870s.
. Confirmation of my suspicion was recently provided by Harvard University 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.
, which has agreed to endorse a line of preppy prep·py or prep·pie  
n. pl. prep·pies Informal
1. A student or former student of a preparatory school.

2. A person whose manner and dress are deemed typical of traditional preparatory schools.
 clothing. It will appear in February under the name Harvard Yard.

Charles Peters is the founding editor of the Washington Monthly.
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Author:Peters, Charles
Publication:Washington Monthly
Date:Nov 1, 2009
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