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...HARVARD of which Abbott Lawrence Lowell became president in 1909 was about as different from today's University as Lamont Library is from Widener. Academic concentrations did not exist; instead, an elective system gave students a wide reign in choosing courses. Tutorials, reading period, and general examinations were things of the future. So was the House system...
EXHIBIT: "Images from Physics: Photographs by Berenice Abbott"; Hayden Corridor Gallery...
...fugitive from the North, and his hard, lean looks, the result of a life in prison that consumed nearly 25 of his 37 years, enabled Jack Henry Abbott to mix in easily with the transient roustabouts who work the Louisiana oilfields. It was the sort of life where a man could, if he wanted to, virtually disappear. Earlier this year, Norman Mailer had led a campaign to secure parole for Abbott, largely on the basis of his writing talent. His letters from prison, collected under the title In the Belly of the Beast, were released to fair critical acclaim...
William J. Abbott...
...semiconductor manufacturing. Then a third company heard rumors of the impending deal, made a hurried study and offered the firm $7.5 million for only a 50% interest. It was eagerly accepted. Amgen, a genetic-engineering company founded by a molecular biology professor from U.C.L.A. and a vice president from Abbott Laboratories near Chicago, raised an astonishing $19 million earlier this year. That was the third largest amount ever given to a venture firm. Although the initial risk and rewards of venture capital belong mostly to the small select club of moneymen, the eventual winner will be the entire U.S. economy...