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...disagree with your assessment that John Kennedy was not a great President because "his accomplishments were meager." If that is the criterion, then Thomas Jefferson, whose only significant achievement was the Louisiana Purchase, would not qualify for greatness...
...professorial manner and horn-rimmed glasses-he is known as the Brain among colleagues-the mastermind of IBM's policy shift hardly seems the sort to upset an Apple cart. The son of a hardware-store owner of German descent, Opel joined IBM in his home town, Jefferson City, Mo., in 1949 after studying at nearby Westminster College and getting an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. For ten years he ranged from the Ozarks to the Iowa border, selling IBM products so successfully that he was called to corporate headquarters in Armonk, N.Y., to become assistant...
...idea of my father as a Thomas Jefferson thrilled us, though the only concrete detail we had on Namibia was a number--9500 miles from New York. Later, we gained enough political acumen to be fired with admiration and idealism over the client...
...marathon is part of a larger public service project that pairs Currier with the Jefferson Park housing project, located on Rindge Ave. in North Cambridge. About 75 Currier residents have been tutoring and counseling children from the project since September...
Proceeds from the event will go to a neighborhood center at Jefferson Park, Goodman said...