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...climbed into the family's Lafayette sedan with assorted cousins. They drove from their farm near Topeka over to Abilene, Kans., for a family reunion at his great- aunt Ida Eisenhower's white frame house on Fourth Street, south of the tracks. Her son Dwight was either in Washington or Europe, even then on the edge of his great fame...
...much a philosopher as a geneticist, and he has thought a great deal about his first cousin once removed, Dwight David Eisenhower. Jackson believes the bedrock of Ike's achievements and his growing stature in history came from the white frame house in Abilene and the harmony the town required and imposed for a rewarding life. Many strata of worldly experience were laid down over Ike's character during his 50 years of public service. But the final high silhouette of his life followed the outlines shaped in the streets of Abilene...
Victory explains his military stature. Peace and prosperity define his presidential ranking. Yet those achievements fall short of the sum of Dwight Eisenhower. That other part of him is found in the nature...
Several Harvard faculty members appear on the list, including Martin S. Feldstein '61, Baker professor of economics; Dwight H. Perkins, Burbank professor of political economy and director of the Harvard Institute for International Development; and Stephen G. Breyer, U.S Circuit Court of Appeals judge and Harvard Law School professor...
BOSTON--Approaching 39 years old and winding down his 18th season, Dwight Evans accepted another challenge...