Word: fathered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Because of the rough waves, the race was delayed 40 minutes and forced to be switched from Harvard's new course father down the river to its old course with the finish line in front of the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Even after the switch, the choppy waters and a strong headwind resulted in an extremely slow race, with Harvard winning in the time...
That night Schornstheimer, 42, spoke to his father by telephone. "All of a sudden there was this noise, and the plane's flying funny and there's a big drag on it, so he immediately decided to change the flight plan ((and)) land at the Maui airport," the father recounted. "He said he was calm and did what needed to be done, just like any other pilot would have...
...also criticized modern historians for specializing too much, saying that although "scholars nowadays confine themselves to narrow fields," his father had "rejected the theory of intensive specialization." He recalled that his father had "wandered in a variety of fields" rather than "ploughing one," and had written about such diverse topics as 18th century colonial America, 19th century urban America, modern women's history, manners, dieting and even horoscopes...
...younger Schlesinger, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and an adviser to President John F. Kennedy '42, said that his father's book, which "ranged widely over the broad expanse of American history," helped to open up new fieldsof scholarship in immigrant history and women'shistory. The book also discussed the problem ofvoter turnout, he said, adding, "We are doing asbad in recent elections...
Schlesinger, the author of "Cycles of AmericanHistory," also discussed "the extreme brevity ofAmerican history," He recalled that as a youth hisfather told him of conversations with former Harvard PresidentA Lawrence Lowell, who admitted his embarassmentthat Lowell's father voted for Abraham Lincoln inthe 1860 Presidential election...