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Some truly notable descendants of Thomas and Mary (Perkins) Bradbury include Ralph Waldo Emerson 1832 and the astronaut Allan Shephard. Notable descendants of John and Judith (Gater) Perkins of Ipswich include Franklin D. Roosevelt '04, Calvin Coolidge, Millard Fillmore, Max Perkins, Archibald Cox, the Harvard law professor, Lucille Ball, Montgomery Clift, Anthony Perkins and Tennessee Williams. --Martin E. Hollick, reference librarian for the Widener and Lamont libraries
When Leon Jaworski took over the Watergate investigation from the fired Archibald Cox, some thought the new special prosecutor would be too soft: "Quietly, efficiently, going his own way, Jaworski has turned out to be nobody's man but his own, determined that justice be done...From the White House point of view, he is no improvement on Cox. He is often even more tenacious and less tolerant of anything that stands in his way. A pragmatic and informal man with a prosecutor's instinct for the kill, Jaworski is not so interested as Cox was in legal theory...
...Crichton's literary skill. He simply sketches in the familiar elements--a determined, divorced heroine; techno-speak; footsteps in the dark--and the reader, conditioned by the scores of suspense films he has seen, reflexively provides the art direction, special effects and stars (say Jodie Foster and perhaps Courteney Cox in a surprisingly strong Best Supporting Actress-nominated performance...
...stronger foundation, one less dependent on interpretations and more reliant on facts. People's unceasing need to look outside themselves for morals, guidance and a meaning to life is why Genesis was written in the first place. Perhaps one day we will progress a little further. STEPHEN G. COX Boston I'm tired of hearing about what God said in the Bible. Who can prove that God has ever said anything? The Bible is simply a storybook written by scribes. The spirited debate on Genesis should be about who actually wrote these stories and for what purpose. Too many bloody...
...Harvard U, M.B.A., 1977, J.D., 1977 FAMILY: Wife, Rebecca; two children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer; White House counsel POLITICAL CAREER: U.S. House, 1988- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 8088, Newport Beach 92658. Tel.: 714-786-3600 A former counsel to President Reagan and a respected House intellectual, Cox was elected chairman of the G.O.P. Policy Committee by his Republican colleagues. He has been called "golden bulldog" by a public-interest group for his consistent votes to limit government spending. Though his name is on some vice-presidential lists, for now it seems Cox will stay at the eastern...