Word: leader
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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MacLeish "has touched the lives of millions with beauty and poetic truth," the citation accompanying the degree said. "In his public career he has exemplified that same high sense of civic responsibility and human dignity which has marked his writing. As librarian of our national Library of Congress, as leader in the creation of UNESCO, he has exercised a profound influence on the intellectual life of our time...
...most encouraging result of the Southern expedition was the return of that elusive ingredient, team spirit. Without a real leader, the squad often lacked drive and desire during the winter. This new morale may be transitory, but if not, it would make the money given by the Friends of Harvard Track well spent...
...Ghost. Never has Detroit seen an auto executive like Romney. In an industry noted for hard drinking and tough talk, Romney does not drink (not even tea or coffee), or smoke or swear. He is the president (i.e., bishop) of the Detroit stake of twelve Mormon churches, was the leader in building a new $750,000 Mormon tabernacle in suburban Bloomfield Hills. He gives 10% of his $100,000 salary, and sometimes more, to the church. He reserves his Sundays exclusively for church activities, often travels to other Mormon churches to set up conferences or deliver sermons...
Died. Sir Sayed Abdel Rahman el Mahdi, 73, Sudanese religious and political leader, posthumous son of Mohammed ("Mad Mahdi") Ahmed, whose dervishes took Khartoum from Anglo-Egyptian forces in 1885; in Khartoum...
Carmine DeSapio, leader of the New York Democratic Party organization, will speak on "Politics of the Democratic Party" Friday evening at 8 p.m. in New Lecture Hall. The lecture, presented by the Law School Forum, will be followed by a panel discussion...