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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Originally an English parliamentary usage deriving from the fox-hunting functionary who controls the movement of the hounds and is called the whipperin. In the House of Commons the majority chief whip enjoys an extremely close relationship with the Prime Minister. The chief whip is also frequently the party official in charge of patronage. Edward Heath used this post under Harold Macmillan as a steppingstone to the Tory leadership...
Keyssar, an English major in Kirkland House, will use the grant for writing and studying in peasant villages in Spain. He plans to write poetry and a play...
Miss Pritchett, a Philosophy and English Major, will study birth control programs in India. She has participated in community action programs on Boston's South Side, and is currently working with the Experimental Learning Center there...
Kinasewich also revealed that five Harvard students have received conditional acceptance for Marshall Scholarships, given by the British government for study at English universities...
...scholarships will not be confirmed until the applicants are accepted by an English university. The number of Harvard students receiving Marshalls is above the average, Kinasewich noted. Only ten Marshalls have been awarded to Harvard students in the past five years...