Word: croix
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Seven of the 63 American "Aces" who had downed five or more enemy planes were Harvard men. Harvard men received 93 Croix de Guerre and four medals of the Légion d'Honneur...
...pugnacious faith in the old virtues came naturally to McCaffrey. He was born of Irish immigrant stock and reared in the melting-pot atmosphere of The Bronx. Later he was awarded the Silver Star and Croix de guerre for his heroism in the trenches of France as a U.S. Army chaplain during World War I. Even before he came to Holy Cross in 1932, succeeding the late Father Francis P. Duffy (who won fame with the "Fighting 69th" Regiment back when that was an honorable number), McCaffrey honed his appreciation of law enforcement as chaplain to New York...
...food and lodging, and a ticket to the game -nearly one-third less than the cheapest Super Bowl package offered by the airlines. And one economy leads to another. Social Worker John Butler, 58, joined the Roamers in early December, "so I could do my Christmas shopping in St. Croix." There are also less tangible rewards. Says Manhattan Pharmacist John Herzlich, 40, who joined with his wife: "I have to admit I get a strange feeling of pride at being part owner of an airliner...
Columnist Art Buchwald predicted that a second White House message would arrive, saying: "Disregard earlier wire. President following." Buchwald was wrong. Johnson, who had been considering a flight to St. Croix to rendezvous with the Governors, decided to stay in Washington for the antiwar demonstrations. At least he knew where the demonstrators stood...
Several Harvard professors and graduates of the School of Design are helping the United States Virgin Islands Planning Board plan the development of the central portion of Saint Croix...