Word: burrs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...isolated building. No attempt was made to fit Gund Hall into its setting by relating it to nearby buildings -- and small wonder with neighbors like William James, the Busch Riesinger Museum, the Church of New Jerusalem. Memorial Hall and Burr Lecture Hall. But it at least blocks the view of William James. Also the Busch-Reisinger museum regains some of its distinctiveness by being removed from its confrontation with Harvard's precursor to the World Trade Center...
...Colonel Burr was a hero of the American Revolution, a conscientious public servant, a distinguished statesman, the leading lawyer of his time and a man who merited the respect of his fellow citizens...
...members of the press are well advised in thinking of Colonel Burr as an advocate of presenting the news "as it is," no matter who may be hurt by this practice. We suggest that all of the press rooms in the public buildings of the nation's capital should be known by his name...
SAMUEL ENGLE BURR...
...Aaron Burr Association