Word: firmed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...something more from those Texas hills. Sometimes, in the highest councils of the nation, in this house. I sit back and I can almost feel that rough, unyielding, sticky clay soil between my fingers, and it stirs memories that often give me comfort and sometimes give me a pretty firm purpose...
...rest, the following list is guaranteed to contain at least three winners: Alfred Gardner '18, partner in the Boston law firm of Palmer, Dodge, Gardner and Bradford, and courageous chairman of the Massachusetts Crime Commission: Dr. Francis D. Moore '35, Moseley Professor of Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (Dr. Moore is in need of a pick-me-up: his arch-rival for publicity. Dr. Michael E. DeBaken, had his picture on the cover of Time last week); Randall Thompson '20: Howard Nemerov '41 (Phl Beta Kap- pa poet this year); Fred Norris Robinson '91, Gurney...
...Authority. As it turned out, no one ever got to put in a bid. When Lady Bird heard that the letter was up for sale, she asked Liz Carpenter, her press secretary, to get it back. After trying unsuccessfully three times to reach Hamilton by phone, Liz dispatched a firm note requesting the letter's return. "Mrs. Johnson is absolutely certain," she wrote, "that she has never given away any letter sent to her by Mrs. Kennedy-in fact, it has always been her policy to retain all letters sent to her personally. Accordingly, we can only conclude that...
Talent & Work. San Francisco's Levi Strauss & Co., a family-owned firm that has grown from work pants to general men's sportswear, has nearly tripled its size under the aggressive direction of Walter A. Haas Jr., 49, who took over his father's old job in 1958. In the same year, Edward B. Rust, 46, became president of State Farm Mutual Insurance when Father Adlai stepped up to chairman; under Edward, the nation's largest automobile insurance firm has increased its policyholders from 5,500,000 to 8,500,000, raised its premium income...
...Plant. The list of well-known sons who have been successes is long, includes Kaiser Industries' Edgar F. Kaiser, 56, Douglas Aircraft's Donald W. Douglas Jr., 47, and General Tire's Michael G. O'Neil, 43, who runs his father's firm in a kind of triumvirate with Brothers Thomas, 49, and John, 47. One of the recent comers is Howard Johnson, 32, who took over complete control of the restaurant and motel chain when his father retired last year. He has increased the number of restaurants, quintupled the motel business by adding rapid...