Word: affectionate
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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As with so many legends, the private personality did not totally correspond to the public image. Golda came on, for instance, as the classic Jewish mother: hectoring, fond, overwhelmingly concerned, vulnerable to slights, demanding affection as a duty, offering sacrifice as emotional blackmail, but basically all heart. Still, she was...
Dr. Ernst F. Sedgwick Hanfstaengl was a generous member of the Harvard Class of 1909 with a "perennial affection for Harvard, Boston and New England."
Hanfy died November 19, 1975, more than 40 years after the battle with Harvard. Presumably he went to his grave with the same "Perennial affection for Harvard, Boston and the New England area" that had prompted his offer.
His talents, instead, were as a showman. From Hasty Pudding to Hitler, Hanfy was a performer, and a skillful one. The Boston Transcript captured his spirit precisely in a story about his trip to Harvard for the 25th reunion of his class. "His loud manner and thirst for American gin...
The conflict is two-pronged: First is an endless battle between undergraduates and Brustein's drama school over stage time, access to the shop and props. Second is the widespread feeling among undergraduates that Brustein has little respect for their productions, and even less affection for the undergrads as a...