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...still widely read as an American classic in 1958--arrived at Harvard College exactly 100 years ahead of us, in 1854. He complained later in life that he had been caught on the wrong side of a kind of historical fault line, the breakpoint between two tectonic plates. Great-grandson of the second President of the United States and grandson of the sixth, he was equipped by birth with all that 18th century American had to offer. Yet he had to live almost all of his life, Adams complained, in a time when new science, new technology, new wealth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Committee Nixes VES Grade Change | 6/6/1983 | See Source »

...still widely read as an American classic in 1958--arrived at Harvard College exactly 100 years ahead of us, in 1854. He complained later in life that he had been caught on the wrong side of a kind of historical fault line, the breakpoint between two tectonic plates. Great-grandson of the second President of the United States and grandson of the sixth, he was equipped by birth with all that 18th century American had to offer. Yet he had to live almost all of his life, Adams complained, in a time when new science, new technology, new wealth...

Author: By John D. Solomon, | Title: Professor Charged With Assault On Students | 6/6/1983 | See Source »

...still widely read as an American classic in 1958--arrived at Harvard College exactly 100 years ahead of us, in 1854. He complained later in life that he had been caught on the wrong side of a kind of historical fault line, the breakpoint between two tectonic plates. Great-grandson of the second President of the United States and grandson of the sixth, he was equipped by birth with all that 18th century American had to offer. Yet he had to live almost all of his life, Adams complained, in a time when new science, new technology, new wealth...

Author: By Holly A. Idklson, | Title: University Hedges On Third World Activities | 6/6/1983 | See Source »

...still widely read as an American classic in 1958--arrived at Harvard College exactly 100 years ahead of us, in 1854. He complained later in life that he had been caught on the wrong side of a kind of historical fault line, the breakpoint between two tectonic plates. Great-grandson of the second President of the United States and grandson of the sixth, he was equipped by birth with all that 18th century American had to offer. Yet he had to live almost all of his life, Adams complained, in a time when new science, new technology, new wealth...

Author: By Richard T. Cooper, | Title: When Men Were Men and Women Were Wives | 6/6/1983 | See Source »

...Great-grandson of the 26th U.S. President and grand-nephew of a former First Lady, third-year Harvard law student Mark Roosevelt '78 hopes to win a seat on the Boston City Council in next year's election...

Author: By Heidi M. James, | Title: Roosevelt Runs for City Council Seat | 11/16/1982 | See Source »

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