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...they toasted each other in the ballroom of the Harvard Club, those who have cajoled and contributed on behalf of the five-year capital campaign reached a new consensus--that the $2.1 billion raised so far is not enough...
Gargan's strategy, if he had one, was to play the reluctant warrior. His shock troops were made up of three befuddled senior citizens who swooshed around the ballroom wearing GARGAN'S GEEZERS T shirts. He compared the chairmanship to captaining the Titanic. "I don't want the damned job," he said. "But I'm not about to let this ship go down." Proof that he was a hard worker? He used to drive live chickens to market, a job that meant stopping every few minutes and beating the sides of the truck to keep the birds flapping and alive...
Vietnam was a long time ago, of course. The rage is all but gone, or mellowed to irony. Hanoi has a real Hanoi Hilton now, with a grand ballroom and a website. My Lai is a theme park...
...people convinced that they were Cleopatra in another life, that Elvis lives and that the flat tax is a good idea. We've got self-improvers out the wazoo, just improvin' themselves up a storm. We've got people who live for bingo, people dedicated to ballroom dancing as a way of life, people passionate about Fiestaware and people whose world revolves around Civil War re-enactments...
...astronomy, global issues, painting, history, music. The week-long program costs $1,950 per person, which includes some meals as well as the courses and accommodations. In high season, lodging alone at the tony Hyatt starts at $430 per night. On the East Coast, themed weekends, from birding to ballroom dancing, occur year-round at the 129-year-old historic Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, N.Y., where A.A.R.P. members receive 15% off standard room rates regardless of season. Most of the weekend programs are free to hotel guests, as are acres of gardens and trails to explore, plus...