Word: boarding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Only last year President Pusey, when citing the difficulties with students in his annual report to the Board of Overseers, commented that "possibly there were years comparable in difficulty to the 1830's." In that report President Pusey went on to deplore the combination of "discontent" and "strong passion" which threatened to disrupt the college community. Then, prophetically, he concluded...
...money for a new building to house the Harvard Library, a project that was sorely needed by the College. The year previous President Andrew Jackson had come to Harvard, and the Corporation with some fuss, had bestowed an honorary degree on him. But this year the Corporation and the Board of Overseers seemed to be living in quiet harmony...
Gatto accepted the position last Tuesday night, after the Brockton School board postponed consideration of a similar offer. "I had a committment to tell Middlesex of my decision [last] Tuesday night," Gatto said. "I was hoping to hear what Brockton would offer, but I couldn't wait any longer...
...proved at this year's Academy Awards show. Competitors like Alan Arkin and Alan Bates may have been content to rest on their performances; Robertson knew better. Starting in October 1968, ads on his behalf were placed in the trade papers. "Best actor of the year-the National Board of Review" they reminded readers. "Cliff Robertson is CHARLY," they trumpeted in full-page splashes. The campaign culminated in a giant double foldout inserted in Daily Variety. Its contents: 83 favorable reviews of Robertson from a spectrum of journals...
...months ago was supposed to give Britain time to overcome its chronic trade deficit, the main source of its precarious financial condition. Instead, the country wound up with a 1968 trade deficit of $1.1 billion, and the red ink has continued to flow this year. Last week the Board of Trade reported a March trade deficit of $124.8 million, a disappointingly small improvement over the $ 153.6 million deficit of the month before...