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Although Brown and Khazei no longer work together, the two remain close. Their continued relationship is no surprise to those who knew them as undergraduates. One of their roommates, Michael J. Alter ’83, who started City Year Chicago and served on the organization’s board, noted that they always shared an “incredible bond...
After seven victims fell prey to the “Tylenol Killer,” who added cyanide to eight bottles of the medication in the Chicago area, the nation witnessed an outbreak of copy-cat attacks throughout the month of October. Other tampering incidents affected household products such as Visine eye drops and orange juice—but the biggest concern as the month came to a close was the seasonal staple: candy...
Ever since Dwight Eisenhower strode across a Chicago street to shake the late Senator Taft’s hand in July, 1952, the combination of a popular leader and general political success has imposed an artificial solidarity on the diverse ranks of the Republican Party. Eisenhower has repeatedly called his administration’s philosophy “modern Republicanism,” and in many cases those GOP leaders who tend to read “New Deal” for “modern” have been content to hold their peace rather than buck the political...
When it became clear even to them that there would not be violent revolution in America, Ayers and Dohrn shrugged and rejoined society in Chicago, where he had grown up. It wasn't difficult. While he was in hiding, his father was CEO of Commonwealth Edison, the big utility. Ayers the elder sat on every Establishment board in town--Northwestern, the Tribune Co., the Chicago Symphony. Ayers the younger and his wife were welcomed back into the fold...
This is the second insult that emerges from the story of Bill and Bernardine. They set off bombs and talked about killing their parents, and the Chicago establishment didn't even care. The important thing is that he was Tom Ayers' boy. In a way, the joke is on Ayers and Dohrn. For heaven's sake, what does it take to upset these Brahmins? But in a bigger way, the joke is on the rest of us. We thought they meant what they said...