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Harvard Board of Overseers, a member of the first White House Conference on Education, and organizer of the National Citizens Commission for the Pub lic Schools-a "kind of symbol of the lay person who has been concerned for the future of education," as Harvard President Nathan Pusey put it...
He carefully knocked the ash from his Ignacio Haya Gold Label cigar into the shiny new dashboard tray. At each traffic light, his dark eyes surveyed the car's interior and his fingers roamed over every piece of metal and fabric within reach. At one light, the driver of...
Western influences pop up every where throughout the country. Despite a scarcity of eggs and meat, store win dows display Elizabeth Arden cosmetics, Napoleon brandy and a selection of Scotch. Modern art hangs on gallery walls, and newspaper censorship has been relaxed; when President Kennedy's sisters, Pat Lawford...
As the Class of 1913 discovered, this duty lay in many fields. In one direction went the public figures: A.A. Berle Jr., Kennedy's former Latin American adviser; George H. Earle III, Governor of Pennsylvania; Lincoln MacVeagh; Ambassador to Spain, Portugal, and Greece; and General Daniel Needham, a Boston civic...
Freedom from Father. In the Brazil of the early 1800's, the wealthy whites, who lived in mansions with their families and slaves, were completely segregated from the free Negroes, who lived in shanties. The mansions dominated the cities. Owners ventured as little as possible from their homes, which...