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...comforts "of a tastefully appointed town mansion," including bidets and well-stocked private bars; the Fairfax, a venerable Embassy Row fixture whose 165 rooms and federal-style lobby were renovated last year at a cost of some $7 million; and the red brick, 208-room Four Seasons in Georgetown, which proffers afternoon tea and, according to its brochure, a morning calm broken "only by an occasional jogging Senator...
...former Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, 77, Georgetown University's commencement was old mortarboard. Lodge's honorary degree was his 30th. But it was novel for Arkansas' Bill Clinton, 33, the nation's youngest Governor and Georgetown's commencement speaker. Only twelve years ago, Clinton approached the same platform for his bachelor's degree. Adjusting Clinton's tassel before the ceremonies, Lodge also proffered some advice on graduation speechmaking: "You can't be too long, too heavy or too light...
Harvard was one of seven American universities to sign training and exchange agreements with the shah's government, the largest contract going to Georgetown University for $11 million. But Harvard was the only one that agreed to build a university. In the Academic Planning Report, officials describe RKSU as "a unique venture in higher education." Such a project would certainly be "unique" if it ever saw the light of day, but at this time in Iran, as Keenan says, "it would be very foresighted or very foolish of anyone to try to start up a university...
Other organizations honoring TIME journalists include Georgetown University, which awarded the Edward Weintal Prize for distinguished reporting on U.S. diplomacy to Diplomatic Correspondent Strobe Talbott. The National Intelligence Study Center cited Associate Editor Edwin Warner for his Essay "Strengthening the CIA." The Atomic Industrial Forum honored Senior Writer George Church for his Essay "Looking Anew at the Nuclear Future." The White House News Photographers Association awarded its Presidential Class first prize to Dennis Brack's photo for TIME of the Carters visiting Japan. And spring is only half over...
Fleet-footed freshman Darlene Beckford paced the Crimson with a first-place finish in the 800-meter run. Dropping from her usual 1500-meter event to compete against Georgetown star Chris Mullin, Beckford outdistanced the older runner by nearly a second and finished the race...