Word: franklin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dear George: You win again. F.D.R." The George was George Marshall, Army Chief of Staff, and the F.D.R. was, of course, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who was congratulating him for persuading a reluctant Congress to pass a bill they both deemed essential for Allied victory in World War II. Short as it was, the President's letter summarized his admiration for the co-architect of American strategy: without Marshall in Washington, he said, he could not sleep at night. In fact, that justifiable anxiety cost Marshall the job he so greatly coveted: Supreme Commander in Europe, which went instead...
They trained all summer, logging hundreds of miles in long-distance runs. They added grueling interval workouts in September. They suffered through injuries and fell to a tough Dartmouth squad at Franklin Park. The women's squad defended their title at the Greater Boston Championships...
...race, Yale junior Jim Gibson is the favorite to win. Undefeated in three races this season, Gibson was an Olympic trial finalist and eighth place finisher in the NCAA steeplechase two years ago. This year, Gibson set a record on the new Franklin Park course with a time of 25:23 over five miles...
While the meeting produced more talk than action, its high-powered guest list and coverage by some 700 journalists, including anchors of ABC and CNN national networks, lent it a tone of drama and urgency. Not since Franklin Roosevelt's day had a President called the nation's Governors together. Topping F.D.R.'s agenda was a search for ways to cope with the Depression. Bush sought to deal with a crisis whose long-range results could prove no less catastrophic for American power and prosperity: the failure of U.S. schools to teach the basic skills needed to keep Americans productive...
What's on Tap: Today at Franklin Park, the Harvard men's and women's cross country teams will run in the Greater Boston Championships. The women are slated to go at 3:30 p.m., and the men will race...