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...side is bigger and longer. Sure, there's an active social life. We must keep busy. Do you prefer that we exploit the reputation of American womanhood by engaging in quiet prostitution and Gasthaus lounging, or should we keep active in scouting, P.T.A., women's clubs and civic activities? The women's club I belonged to adopted a German orphanage; we delivered food to German refugees living in the basement of bombed-out buildings-so dirty that the average American woman would have vomited at the sight...
...favorites on often bewildered fellow executives. His mind, says a friend who has seen him in Ann Arbor discussions, "is a beautiful instrument, free from leanings and adhesions, calm and analytical." He and his wife Margaret (they have two daughters and a son) are active in Ann Arbor civic work. McNamara is an elder in the Presbyterian Church, practices such stern business ethics that he refuses all Christmas gifts from business contacts, rents a car on vacation rather than borrow one from the company pool. In politics, McNamara is a lukewarm, liberal Republican who often contributes to Democratic candidates. This...
...group, and, significantly, the leading figure at that convention was an extremely responsible and effective professional politician. Still, despite President Lowell's failure to win a seat in 1917, the gatherings draw out many capable people and provide unique opportunities for political expression in the research done by civic groups and universities...
Announcement yesterday of a proposal to construct a 15-story office building on stilts over MTA Harvard Sq. property drew mixed reactions from the University and a civic group...
Charles P. Whitlock, Assistant to the President for Civic Affairs, commented last night that such a plan might further the already very complicated situation. "Planning officials feel that this one of the few open spaces left in Cambridge, and should be utilized to improve the whole design of the Square," said...