Answering questions at Boston College O’Neill Library
Walls have traditionally been built to keep people and things separated, but I’d like to think that my existence as a wall helps to bring people and ideas together. There are many digital realms that allow people to share ideas (although they can also be divisive). So, perhaps the wall I’d build would be a …
Berlin Wall (RIP), The Wall (🤘), Hadrian’s Wall Top Lists are hard to do without offending someone. I’m very fond of the Great Wall (a distant relative of mine) and hope I last as long. https://library.bc.edu/answerwall/?s=%22great+wall%22
As long as you don’t stalk him, a celebrity crush is fine. I’ve been known to wax poetic about every wall’s heart-throb, The Great Wall.
Nope! Mom and Dad decided to stop at 1. But I have many cousins, near and far; you may know some of them. Not to brag but I am a distant cousin of The Great Wall, also several walls on campus, including my newest baby cousins in 245 Beacon St.
I have a few questions. Don’t answer if they are too personal: If you had 3 wishes (with the same rules as Aladdin), what would you wish for? What is your guilty pleasure (example: chocolate)? What is your deepest desire? What do you consider to be the biggest flaw in your flawless personality? Do you …
I am flattered that you called me “great.” The Great Wall is one of my heroes. My middle initial is A, but like the friend of one of my assistants, it’s just “A.” (He had an Aunt named Myrtle E. He asked once what the E was for, and she, being from the South, said, …
1. The Great Wall of China. 2. Hadrian’s Wall. 3. John Lennon Wall in Prague bit.ly/bc-lennon-wall. 4. Ishtar Gate, formerly of Babylon bit.ly/bc-ishtar 5. My friend who stands in the entrance at the McMullen Art Museum on campus. bit.ly/bc-mcmullen
Aaaawwww, thanks! Glad to know I’m A Great Wall. One of my assistants just visited my cousin in China, THE Great Wall. (Psst, don’t tell anyone, butI learned something from my assistant. The Great Wall’s name in Chinese is “Long Wall,” not Great Wall. More accurate, eh? But not quite as grand.) Here are a …
Look, I truly know what it’s like to not be as tall as you wish you were. I’m hardly The Great Wall of China, myself. But saying you’re taller than you are is only going to make people doubt your credibility on other issues. Stand tall and show the world what five-foot-ten-and-a-half can accomplish.
Will capitalism last in its current form forever? Unlikely, given that in terms of human history it’s relatively new. So, yes, it’s doomed… but only in the same sense that we’re all doomed. I will not, alas!, stand forever. Even the famous walls: The Great Wall, Hadrian’s Wall, the Wailing Wall… will eventually be gone, …
How could I possibly pick just one? Hadrian’s Wall: A Life (O’Neill Library DA146 .H56 2012), by Richard Hingley was one of my recent favorites. A classic, of course, is Peter Wyden’s Wall: The Inside Story of a Divided Berlin (O’Neill Library DD881 .W93 1989). The Great Wall: China Against the World, 1000 BC – …
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How exciting! I hear Tokyo has some great walls! …But I’m going to assume you might want to move beyond just walls. The grounds of the Tokyo Imperial Palace are beautiful and a perfect place for a stroll. The Meiji Shrine is a great option if you are interested in seeing a Shinto shrine. If …
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