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...Douglas Baron, the shop's owner, testified recently that he has stored merchandise in Apartment 309 at 1306 Mass. Ave. since 1977--two years before the law was passed. Last night the CRCB decided this property falls under a "grandfather clause" that exempts from rent control all property used for business purposes before the 1979 law took effect...
According to a report by Deputy Counsel PatrickDeTemple, Baron leased the property from HarvardReal Estate (HRE) "for office and storage purpose"until 1982. At that time he signed a new five-yearlease which said he would use the apartment as aresidence. However, he continued to store goodsthere. The board did not discuss why the propertywas later leased for residential...
Dillon's family has a tradition of generous donations to the University. Dillon's father, Clarence "Baron" Dillon '05, was "one of the major donors to Harvard over the years," according to a University development official who asked not to be identified...
...Baron, as he was known, turned Dillon, Read & Co. from a struggling Wall Street company into one of nation's largest investment firms and retired with a personal fortune of nearly $1 billion...
...Wise Men encompasses this center of influence with vigor and style. Walter Isaacson, the Nation editor of TIME, and Evan Thomas, Washington bureau chief for Newsweek, rely heavily on anecdotes and quotations to convey the nuances of personality and politics. Harriman, son of an American robber baron, was hampered by mumbled diction and a seeming inattention to details. Lovett, who would serve as Secretary of Defense, was a childhood friend of % Harriman's. Acheson, Secretary of State from 1949 to 1953, was more responsible for the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine than the general and President whose names...