Word: burrs
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Fondly known in British banking circles as "Gussie,'' G.U.S. was a consistent money loser when Wolfson took it over in 1934. Today, says Glasgow-born Sir Isaac in his Scottish burr, "we are on the way to becoming the Sears of Britain.'' Openly copying Sears's methods, Great Universal manufactures much of its own furniture, clothing and appliances, sells its merchandise both through the mails and at retail outlets, and counts one British family in every four among its customers. Gussie's shares, now worth 450 times what they were when Sir Isaac joined...
...Dean of the College in the 1950's he implemented the present system of Allston Burr Senior Tutors and the accompanying decentralization of the Deans' offices. He fought hard for Dean Wilbur Bender's National Scholarship Plan; a high ranking official has said that without Leighton, the plan might not have succeeded...
...convinced Allston Burr to donate a large sum of money in 1935 to establish Dudley Hall; before that, all commuting students ate box-lunches in Phillips Brooks House. Leighton believed that the commuters, who had no central meeting place, were being systematically excluded from college life. After years of manouvering, he finally established the institution, Dudley, which could place the commuting students in the middle of Harvard life...
According to Charles P. Whitlock, former Allston Burr Senior Tutor of Dudley, "Few people realize the strain that would be placed on the house system if there were no Dudley. If the University should over establish a co-ed House for commuters, [a pot project of Leighton's] it will be because of Leighton's interest in involving the commuter in college...
Other Shepley buildings at Harvard include Memorial Church, the Fogg Art Museum, and Burr Lecture Hall...