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...University also continued construction ofthe undergraduate-focused Lamont Library, thanksto several seven-figure gifts from Thomas W.Lamont, class of 1892 and former president of TheCrimson, who was named "the most generous son inHarvard's history" by the Harvard Alumni Bulletin...
...University was not so generous in providingaccess to the library, however--or other venuesfor that matter...
While Harvard's generous sale of the one-familystructure reflects an attempt to smooth theUniversity's often tumultuous relationship withneighboring communities, selling the buildings isalso in the University's best financial interest...
Although Spiegelman acknowledged that Harvardcannot be equally as generous to everyneighborhood organization, she said thetransaction reflects the University's attempts atbeing a good neighbor...
Notes were for singing, and on the subject of music, Sinatra could write a book. He was generous to his singing contemporaries, maybe because he knew he had no serious rival, but probably too out of a genuine respect for musicianship. He would speak fondly and knowledgeably of Billie Holiday, Mabel Mercer, Tony Bennett. And if he heard you had an ear and were ready to lend one, and if the mood was right and there was a bottle of Scotch in the neighborhood, he could talk about music far into the night. "A Johnny Mercer lyric," he said once...