Word: freds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Dean L. Fred Jewett's announcement that he will step down after nine years as dean of the College and 40 years at Harvard is the most recent in the series of changes in the top administration. Jewett has served as dean of the College since 1985 and has filled that position longer than anyone since World War II. He has been a model dean in some areas, such as involving students in administrative decisions, but has often been less than ideal when handling controversial matters...
...investigation of the favoritism and improperinfluence charges, conducted last summer by Deanof the College L. Fred Jewett '57, found nowrongdoing...
...last weekend with the box-office sure thing Maverick, starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster and the lead from the '50s TV version, old Bret (or was it Bart?) Maverick himself, James Garner. This week a live-action take on The Flintstones debuts, with John Goodman and Elizabeth Perkins as Fred and Wilma Flintstone and Rick Moranis and Rosie O'Donnell as Barney and Betty Rubble. Later this summer, Lassie will bark her way back into your heart, and Wyatt Earp will gallop across the wide screen. The Little Rascals, based on the old movie shorts that have become continually rerun...
John Goodman and Elizabeth Perkins as the eponymous heads of household, Rick Moranis and Rosie O'Donnell as the Rubbles, and Elizabeth Taylor, who plays Fred's insulting, overbearing mother-in-law, all tread a nice, comically persuasive line between caricature and naturalism under Brian Levant's direction. And while more than 30 writers worked on the screenplay and untold numbers labored to re-create the ambiance and effects that the animators once tossed off with a few squiggles of their pencils, The Flintstones doesn't feel overcalculated, over-produced or overthought. Nor, however, is it aimed solely...
...Fred Jewett has been a wonderful team ofHarvard College," Knowles said yesterday in astatement to The Crimson. "His wisdom andsupportiveness have shaped the undergraduateexperience, and his thoughtful good humor hasimproved the life of the dean...