Word: banfield
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...newborn babies are always held up to a starry sky in emulation of Kunta Kinte's original African ritual. The sto ry's backbone and much of its meaning can be found in the loving relationships of Haley's grandparents (Stan Shaw and Bever-Leigh Banfield) and parents (Do rian Harewood and Irene Cara). Since these ancestors, unlike those of Roots 1, were never slaves, Roots 11 is able to dramatize normal black middle-class life - at home, work, college and war. For TV viewers weaned on The Jeffersons, their lives may come as a revelation. Roots...
...Harvard Wind Players blow music by Gounod, Faure, and Poulenc. Stephen Banfield, conductor. Quincy...
...pleasure of reading your publication and was fascinated by an article entitled, "Banfield's Back...
...past seven to eight years I have been working with the poor, the deprived, "lower class." There are some exceptions but for the most part the observations of Mr. Banfield are true. I have had their homes repaired, only to have them destroy them. I have seen to it that they receive plenty of food stamps to aid in their diet needs, only to have them buy frozen foods, Sarah Lee prepared bake goods and plenty of sweets. I have tried to and succeeded in getting many of them jobs and into training for jobs. I placed three young...
...consolation to Kearns, once she wins Corporation approval, she will achieve golden stature at Harvard. Even after Banfield left a tenured chair for a higher-paying post at Penn, the department welcomed him back without delay when he wanted to return. As one professor said, "If God takes one trip into nell, he's no less holy when he returns; he is still God, right...