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Dean Smith, a mild-mannered, middle-aged Georgian described by one of his former students as a man of "large, luminous and enlightened mind," contributed nothing startlingly original to the Court debate. The substance of his plan had already been put forward by, among others, Nebraska's Edward R. Burke, one of the leaders of the Senate opposition. Difference was that the tactful, soft-spoken Dean made his ideas seem simple, plausible, attractive...
...Architect S. H. Maw's modernism, for Broker Housser is rated a Solid Citizen with a wife, daughter and grown son, pride in his golf, a fondness for fishing and a natural leaning toward conservatism. The executive offices in his new building are period (Queen Anne and Georgian), but the president's office does have a highly functional bar adjoining. At home Harry Housser has to serve his guests himself because his two servants are Seventh Day Adventists who will have nothing to do with liquor...
...blue tower and for its central location, as well as notorious for its cacophonous collection of bells, (they are played but once a month) Lowell House was one of the three new units built in 1930 to complete the present House Plan. Physically it is a beautiful example of Georgian architecture; and the quiet beauty of its two courts is made all the greater by contrast with the noise and confusion which holds forth without its walls...
...that it has nothing to offer, other than rooms which overlook all the gilded spires of the town, and which are within earshot of the aforementioned wells. The lack of architectural elegance, however, is more than compensated for the group of congenial undergraduates who live in the two fine Georgian buildings, Gore and Standish Halls. It is generally believed that lack of cerise of mauve colored tower has helped to poster the democratic make-up of the House. Instead of referring to Winthrop in the House with the "so-and-so" colored dome, the House has come to be identified...
...that is not all. Actually the first quoting interview with Stalin was obtained by yours truly in 1924 for the New York American. It was in the form of a series of questions submitted in writing and answered in writing by the mysterious Georgian in the Kremlin. I had the honor of seeing it published in full in the Soviet press simultaneously with its publication in America...