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Since Lowell was the first editor of The Atlantic Monthly, a co-founder of The North American Review, minister to Spain, and Ambassador to Great Britain, Elmwood in his day was an intellectual center in Boston, the "Hub of the Universe." Undoubtedly, the Fords will make Elmwood an important part of Harvard, but now that Boston is "the All-America City" instead of the Hub of the Universe it seems unlikely that Elmwood will ever again enjoy the reputation it held under James Russell Lowell...
...city, 31 miles south of overcrowded Newport Beach, and the beginning of a coastline dotted with beach clubs and marinas, ocean-centered communities and resort hotels. At the center will be the branch of the University of California on a 1,000-acre campus acting as a gigantic hub with spokes extruding into the surrounding residential area. Vast green stretches and extensive recreation areas, with industries scattered among them for easy accessibility (Ford Aeronutronic and Collins Radio have already moved in), will break up the city. "These communities will not be dominated by the auto," says Pereira. "They will...
...Kefauver's Senate successor, Tennessee Governor Frank Clement, 43, named an aging, ailing politician who is obviously going to Washington just to keep the seat warm. He is longtime Democratic National Committeeman Herbert S. ("Hub") Walters, a millionaire roadbuilder, banker and natural-gas distributor. Walters is 71, and has twice undergone surgery for malignant tumors, including a 1948 throat operation that cost him his vocal cords. As a result, he cannot speak above a hoarse whisper. There is every likelihood that Walters will step down next year to permit Clement himself to run for the remaining two years...
...addition to the Boston Broadcasters, applications have been submitted by the greater Boston Television Corporation, the Charles River Civic Television Company, and the Hub Broadcasting Company. The Herald-Traveler has reapplied for the license...
...business hungering for specialized talent, such top scholars as New York University Economist Marcus Nadler earn up to $300 a day as consultants to management. University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Edward H. Litchfield is also chairman of Smith-Corona Marchant and a director of Studebaker and Avco Corp. The hub of this extracurricular activity is Boston, where some 1,000 space-age companies have grown up since World War II, most of them started there to exploit readily available brain power and many of them founded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard theorists themselves...