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...company was known chiefly for its Pratt & Whitney jet engines. Since then, he has expanded by buying several firms, including Otis Elevator in 1976 and Carrier, the air-conditioner manufacturer, in 1979. Over the years, Gray's opponents have reportedly called the slow-speaking but fast-moving Georgian a robber baron, a buzzard, Dracula, Jack the Ripper and King Kong. Few of his takeover thrusts have been thwarted, however...
...Wilson of Richmond. "Any new addition to the White House ought to look as if it had always been there," said Commission Chairman J. Carter Brown, 47, who is also director of the National Gallery of Art. "Like the mansion itself, it should have the feel of a historic Georgian country house. These 18th century Palladian houses were often surrounded by 'dependencies,' as their architects called them-orangeries or other small buildings...
...follow him once again, moving to Kirkland House as a sophomore. "It was the only house I wanted to come to. I liked everything about it. It wasn't ostentatious, with a huge tower like Eliot or Lowell." His freshmen roommates preferred Quincy House so Klingensmith ("I wanted Georgian; I didn't want video games") floated into Kirkland. "My Kirkland House experience has been indescribably pleasant. I wouldn't live anywhere else...
...enjoyed Harvard," Sheppe concludes about his stay here. "But I don't think I could stay here for another year. Four years in these red-brick Georgian rabbit hatches can really socialize you, make you depend too much on the community for stimulation. I think we all need some time alone, to allow us to do some inward thinking about goals and projects...
Davenport College will present the live band "Cinema" somewhere within their gothic exterior. Georgian Colonial interior confines starting at 9:30 p.m. Admission at both these parties...