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...Burr, Vidal...
...several lowans played important roles in the impeachment and acquittal of Andrew Johnson more than 100 years ago. Mezvinsky read about Iowa's Senator James Grimes, a bitter foe of Andrew Johnson, who became convinced that the Johnson trial was unfair. Grimes was compared to Benedict Arnold, Aaron Burr, Jefferson Davis. The abuse and threats heaped on Grimes helped bring on a stroke that felled him two days before the vote. Yet the paralyzed Senator had himself carried to the floor, struggled to his feet, and called out firmly, "Not guilty...
FICTION 1- Watership Down, Adams (1 last week) 2-Jaws, Benchley (2) 3-The Fan Club, Wallace (3) 4-The Snare of the Hunter, MacInnes (4) 5-Cashelmara, Howatch (5) 6-Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Le Carré 7-Burr, Vidal (6) 8-The Other Side of Midnight, Sheldon (7) 9-You and Me, Babe, Barris (8) 10-The Partners, Auchincloss...
Other award recipients included David P. St. Pierre, varsity football captain and varsity baseball player, who received the Francis H. Burr Award for combining athletic and academic excellence. St. Pierre, who has gained All-Ivy honors in both sports will enter Tufts Medical School next fall...
Chase and Peterson will also become directors of Harvard Management along with Cabot, Treasurer George Putnam '49, President Bok, Financial Vice President Hale Champion, and two other members of the Corporation, Albert L. Nickerson '33 and Francis H. Burr...