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...Dwight P. Robinson, Jr. '20, chairman of Massachusetts Investors Trust, raised the $500,000 necessary to endow the chair...
...Dwight Eisenhower spoke from Detroit, Nelson Rockefeller from Los Angeles, George Romney from Washington, William Scranton from Indianapolis, Barry Goldwater from Pittsburgh, and Richard Nixon from New York City. Each spoke briefly-with varying success-but Nixon gave the most polished performance...
Presidents, and neither the eloquence of Franklin Roosevelt, the bluntness of Harry Truman, the camaraderie of Dwight Eisenhower nor the crisp rationalism of John Kennedy had much effect. Will a Texas drawl succeed where so many others failed...
...Dwight H. Perkins, an instructor in economics, has written a good summary and analysis of mainland China's economic fluctuations. Perkins points out that China's growth, although erratic, has been substantial. But by treating China's present economy in test tube isolation, he fails to classify just what his "substantial" means. There is little sense of China's progress relative to Asian countries or even to pre-revolutionary days...
...Columbia Workshop, which broadcast the early works of Thornton Wilder and W. H. Auden. And as World War II began, he initiated the practice of fracturing news programs into brief reports from scattered capitals. After the war-in which he served as colonel in charge of psychological warfare under Dwight D. Eisenhower-he made one of the strongest moves in broadcasting history when he took control of programming away from advertising agencies and outside packagers. From then on, CBS has originated most of its own programs, whereas ABC and NBC still rely heavily on packagers. For better or worse...