Word: burrs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...remember it was one of those very snowy Sunday nights. I got into a cab and practically rousted the poor guy out of bed to announce that, if he was willing, we'd like him to be the next President of Harvard," Burr said, flashing a broad grin...
...Burr said Bok agreed to take the job just two days before Christmas. From then on, it was all gravy. "My colleagues said they hoped to God he'dtake it because there just wasn't anyone else we really agreed on. We never had a second choice," he added...
...pretty good job don't you think?" Blum inserted. "Until we gave it to the Overseers Monday night [January 4]. Then all hell broke loose. I've spoken to the Overseers about that," Burr added, affecting a certain necessary degree of sternness. "I could not get any sleep that Tuesday. I really had to disconnect the phone...
...January 4, Burr took the name of the nominee to the executive committee of the Overseers in New York. But Bok did not actually see the executive committee until last Saturday, when he met them for three hours in Dillon's Manhattan apartment and "acquitted himself damn well," according to one Overseer...
...lobby of the Faculty Club, Burr tried to be at once accessible and unobtrusive, proud, and still correct...