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...marching band - and played the title role in the school production of Macbeth. ("Don't let the ribbing get to you," he told the mortified younger boy playing Lady Macbeth, who still remembers this small act of kindness.) He tied for first in his class. He went on to Georgetown University, becoming valedictorian, and then attended Harvard Law School, where he made Law Review. His classmates remember the gregarious Scalia as being heavily influenced by his Roman Catholic education...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Warm Spirits, Cold Logic | 6/30/1986 | See Source »

...sound thinker who analyzes things thoroughly. His judgments clearly show the process of reasoning, there are no jumps there," says Richard M. Coleman, a classmate of Scalia's both as an undergraduate at Georgetown University and at Harvard Law School...

Author: By James D. Solomon, | Title: HLS Classmates, Profs Remember Scalia Fondly | 6/22/1986 | See Source »

...University of Massachusetts, Amherst, by contrast, Julius ("Dr. J") Erving, 36, pro basketball star and onetime college dropout, proudly accepted both an honorary degree and a hard- earned baccalaureate. Said Dr. J of the latter: "I needed that to fulfill a promise I made to my mother." And at Georgetown University in Washington, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor reminded law school graduates that there are other promises--like public service--to keep, despite the temptations of paychecks for "more than you are worth." A commencement sampler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A Few Words Before Going Forth | 6/9/1986 | See Source »

...operations and individual heroism (as well as some blunders) have found a way into print. Yet many old-timers reunited last week agreed with the sentiment of James Murphy, 81, OSS chief of counterintelligence. Said he: "The true facts of our accomplishments were never fully disclosed and explained." Georgetown University Professor Ray Cline, who went on from the OSS to become a CIA deputy director, said much the same, adding, "We want to get it all down before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Honoring the Loyalists | 6/9/1986 | See Source »

...spectacle of a Supreme Court Justice taking a bribe in public is shocking. But that is what happened at Georgetown's Trinity Theater when Justice William Rehnquist joined the Washington Savoyards Ltd. for a surprise walk-on during their production of Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience. + Appropriately cast as the Solicitor, Rehnquist made his one-night-only appearance during the finale of the first act. Having been persuaded by the heroine to rig a raffle so that she can win the man she loves, Rehnquist stepped forward and, with much judicial flourish, presented a large bowl filled with extra tickets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 2, 1986 | 6/2/1986 | See Source »

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