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...think there's ever been a development project that Bill Walsh... didn't like, no matter how big, no matter how ugly," says Gladys P. Gifford, president of the Harvard Square Defense Fund...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: A New Salvo Against Harvard | 12/6/1988 | See Source »

...group also opposes Harvard's plans to replace the Harvard Motor Inn with a seven-story structure. The organization would like a five-story maximum on all buildings. Gifford said her group would pressure the Cambridge Planning Board, which grants special permits for buildings above 60 feet, to adopt the ceiling...

Author: By Jeremy L. Hirsh, | Title: Group Opposes Development | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

...efforts to preserve the character of the Square, HDSF is working to have six buildings in the Square designated as historic landmarks, to ensure that they cannot be demolished, Gifford said...

Author: By Jeremy L. Hirsh, | Title: Group Opposes Development | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

...HSDF is "to protect the physical andvisual character of Harvard Square, to protect thequality of life of Harvard Square, and thehistoric character," of the Square, Gifford said.HSDF is composed of Harvard Square residents andbusiness people, she said...

Author: By Jeremy L. Hirsh, | Title: Group Opposes Development | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

...chief executive officer in 1987, he swiftly moved RJR Nabisco headquarters from Winston-Salem to Atlanta, sold the Heublein liquor business and slashed the corporate staff from 1,000 to 400. The dapper Johnson, a friend of such sports figures as hockey star Bobby Orr and broadcaster Frank Gifford, is described as a "charmer" by one associate. Another warned that when the boss was displeased, "swift as a sword, he would chop your head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where's the Limit? Ross Johnson and the RJR Nabisco Takeover Battle | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

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