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Long, 68, the son of the legendary populist Senator Huey Long, was elected to the Senate in 1948, one day shy of his 30th birthday. But he was not shy about anything when he arrived on the Hill. Ignoring the tradition that new Senators should listen and learn from their elders, he made his first speech * in defense of the filibuster, and he rose to speak no fewer than 469 times in his freshman year. Throughout his career, he would use the filibuster time and again in efforts to block civil rights legislation...
Amid all the pomp and celebration honoring Harvard's 350th birthday this year, a group of graduate students has decided it's time to dish out some criticism...
...thief also took from the women two pairs of earrings and nine rings, one of which was a 16th-birthday present, worth $1000, and a student flute, worth $200. The Harvard Police do not know how the burglar got into the room, but did notice a fire door leading to a connecting suite was unlocked, according to last week's police blotter...
...mustard- colored shirt, slinked along, scissored his knees and thumped on his guitar until 2:30 a.m. Working hard to keep up with him were such progeny as Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Linda Ronstadt and Julian Lennon. At a party afterward, Berry was presented with an oversize guitar-shaped birthday cake and asked how the evening had gone. "I don't ever form an opinion on my own performance," he said. "There's nothing for me to say because...
...There are too many intellectual and educational casualties among the student body of Harvard. Our students deserve better," Bennett bellowed. Not exactly a typical birthday greeting. Although Bennett raised some valid points--such as the problems with Harvard's advising system and the Core Curriculum-the good secretary failed to butress his conclusion with anything resembling researched support. Even Bok said Bennett didn't sound too "sober...