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...Brower, like Liller, was young when he took over the House, and Liller hopes to continue his policies. "Master Brower favors a turnover in masters, and should be applauded for those views. I hope that when the time comes to step down, I shall have as much grace and foresight...

Author: By Thomas P. Southwick, | Title: William Liller | 4/10/1968 | See Source »

...genesis of the dilemma lay in the industry's lack of foresight and a still-prevalent attitude where movies were regarded as commercial property, not art worth preserving. When William S. Hart didn't sell any more popcorn, Hollywood didn't care much about preserving his films. A no-longer-commercial commercial film fell subject to varying fates: films were allowed to rot in forgotten Hollywood vaults; original producers sold their distribution rights to smaller distributors; copyrights elapsed and films were turned over to family heirs; others were chopped to ribbons, sections used in the making of other films; legal...

Author: By Tim Hunter, | Title: The Establishment of a Film Archive: Search for the Lost Films | 3/26/1968 | See Source »

...proper regard for relocation. Belatedly, the university has set up its own relocation office, sometimes offers small grants to help tenants move. The great irony of Columbia's agony is that it all could have been avoided if the university trustees had only demonstrated a little bit more foresight back in the 1890s. The Morningside Heights area was then mainly countryside and, in moving Columbia from its old mid-Manhattan campus, they could have bought all the acreage they needed at giveaway prices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Universities: Agony on Morningside Heights | 3/8/1968 | See Source »

...think that Lyndon Johnson handled the Pueblo incident with the best diplomacy imaginable. We should be very glad that we have men in Washington with his patience and foresight. A hearty cheer for L.B.J. for averting a major...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 16, 1968 | 2/16/1968 | See Source »

There remains, however, a significant change in the federal-local relationship which I'm going to be dealing with further on while I'm at MIT. This finding a better way to bring the resources which are in Washington, because of the foresight of our forebears in enacting a graduated income tax, this is the only reasonably progressive and reasonably equitable way of raising the amount of money which is necessary to deal with the crisis of the city

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Collins Looks Back Over Years as Mayor | 2/14/1968 | See Source »

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