Word: fox
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Century Plaza sits at the heart of Century City, in the show business capital of the world. The entire area was once a sprawling back lot belonging to 20th Century Fox; a large section of it remains the studio's home. On a clear day, by Los Angeles standards, the Hollywood Hills can be seen peeking through the smog to the north. A few blocks east, Century City becomes Beverly Hills, where many of the President's former film colleagues reside...
Dean of Admissions and Financial Aids L. Fred Jewett '57 was selected as the new dean of Harvard College, replacing John B. Fox Jr. '59. Fox, in turn, was named administrative dean of the GSAS. Sally F. Moore, an anthropology professor and Master of Dunster House, was selected as new dean of GSAS...
...University Hall shake-up came after months of speculation prompted by Fox's announcement in February that he would step down from his post as dean of the College no later than the spring of 1986. Jewett, who assumed his new post just two days after the appointment, said that his top priorities as dean will be to "enable students to make use of the facilities and resources available to them...
...Fox as administrative dean will be the primary manager of the GSAS's finances, admissions and financial aid, offices and personal, student affairs, alumni relations and other administrative tasks...
...median age of the population reached 30.9, the oldest ever, and is expected to exceed 36 by the year 2000. People who fox-trotted to Tommy Dorsey now outnumber those who hip-hop to Cyndi Lauper; for the first time in history, there are more Americans over 65 than there are teenagers. Notes Karl Zinsmeister, an economic demographer at the American Enterprise Institute: "By the late 1980s, one-half of our households will be headed by baby boomers. One-fourth of our population will be elderly. These two groups will define our society for a very long time...