Word: dumbarton
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Spoken like a regular Thornton Wilder. But then part of Byrne's deft comic talent has always been that he is a quick study. Born in Dumbarton, Scotland, Byrne moved with his mother Emma and electrical engineer father Tom first to Hamilton, Ont. (where Sister Celia was born), and then to Baltimore. Young David arrived there at age seven with an already burgeoning interest in music. (His folks say he played his phonograph almost perpetually from age three and took up the harmonica at five...
History Department Chairman and Dumbarton OaksProfessor of Byzantine History Angeliki E. Laioudeclined to comment on Brinkley's case...
...Tuesday, the second day of the event, the pre-freshmen were welcomed by President Derek C. Bok, Director of Admissions Laura G. Fisher, and Angeliki Laiou, Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine History. Afterwards they were invited to visit classes and lunch in the Union or the houses...
...high rate of turnover for history courses is a result of deliberate policy, however, according to Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine History Angeliki Laiou, the Department's chair. Laiou says that the present policy leads to increased offerings which make them more interesting, broader in context, and more attractive to students...
Stewart's other goal is to increase communication between the center and, another Harvard institution for Byzantine Studies, located at nearby Dumbarton Oaks also in Washington...