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...President's "action agenda." Bush had been predicting publicly that Congress would not like his courageous proposals, even as he artfully wooed legislators to ensure a warm reception. By the time the new President made his triumphal entrance into the House chamber, beaming and backslapping like a joyful alum at a Yale reunion, the stage was set for the programmatic speech that would boldly launch the Bush Administration...
...society's ideas had been to raise funds through a plaque, to be placed in Thacher's north tower, commemorating Phillip Weld's love of sailing. I couldn't see that a Harvard alum really had a place in the island's history. The money would be helpful, but does this set the stage for putting corporate slogans on keepers' houses...
Persistence paid off for a Leverett House senior and an alum yesterday when the Hasty Pudding Theatrical Club selected their play--submitted this year and last--for its spring production...
Finally, justifiably famous alum Braden, who took time out of his no doubt busy schedule of playing sax behind world-famous jazz artists, got to strut his stuff on Miles Davis' "Seven Steps to Heaven." After his usual humorous sermonette on the nature of jazz improvisation, and the explanation "I'm tryin' to make something nice," he launched into an improv stunning in its dexterity and almost symphonic development...
...gravel-voiced St. John's coach had nothing but praise for his fellow alum, who many consider to be the "franchise" player for Harvard...