Word: keeping
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...thesis was about lobbying, sir, lobbying in Congress." A little later Fulbright began reading excerpts from an Esquire article about Brownie Reid's Yale career. Among them, quoting a Yale roommate's recollection: "Brownie didn't spend more than a dozen nights on campus, and to keep in physical condition he relied on bar bells and flying his Widgeon...
Bureau, Department of Commerce, Council of Economic Advisers) considered unsound. But insofar as the decision was based on keeping his veto record intact, it was an irrelevancy-like a baseball player, worried more about his average than anything else, bunting to keep up a hitting streak...
Perhaps the most valuable part of the retirement plan however is the custom of allowing out-going professors to retain their studies in Widener where they have easy access to all facilities of the library. Although there is no guarantee that a professor may keep his study, tradition is very strong and few retiring professors are ever forced to vacate the stacks...
Like many of his students, Wolfson after 20 years has grown very attached to his study. "The great thing about Harvard," he says, "is that they allow professors to keep their studies. Your study is your occupation...If you work in your study, you're still a part of the University...
...lecture outside the University. He most recently was invited to deliver the Candler Lectures at Emory University. When he was still actively teaching, Professor Wolfson felt he couldn't afford the time away from Cambridge. He considers them a "good change," and feels that any professor can always keep himself busy in retirement by lecturing...