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...does it mean the huge fishhook stuck in the ironwood outside the Laurel home, from where Hershey was taken? Or does it refer to his friends Dewey Wood and de Forrest? Most of his acquaintances have the names of plants or trees: Maddy Beecher, Oliver Plane, Ivy Bowles, Lief Lund. John Plante, Cassia Meaning. Or is Cassia Meaning a pun on catch ya meaning? The word plays are both frivolous and serious, representing "the mind's fierce fuss, forever discontinuous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Present Imperfect | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

...forgotten American wants. Nixon is trying to end the Vietnamese war - an effort welcome to al most all Americans but one that has certain connotations of defeat and betrayal to the white lower middle class. One of the most urgent practical measures for this group is tax re lief. Saul Alinsky is now training organizers to mobilize the middle class. Among other things, Alinsky suggests that the Internal Revenue Service should issue cards to people with family incomes of less than $12,000 a year; holders of such cards would be exempted from paying sales taxes. Beyond that fetching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: TO REMEMBER FORGOTTEN AMERICA' | 8/8/1969 | See Source »

...pridefully, parents and relatives took their places on folding chairs on the broad lawn, while a Berlioz march thundered from loudspeakers. Some women wore mink stoles; others were in frantically color-splashed pants suits. Folded Yiddish newspapers protruded from the pockets of some of the men. While President Leonard Lief conferred the degrees, jet planes from Kennedy Airport soared overhead; the roar of traffic and elevated trains, punctuated occasionally by the shriek of sirens, filtered through the spring-fresh foliage of trees surrounding the campus. There was only passing allusion to dissent in the address by Larry C. Dillard, senior...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Commencement, 1969: Pomp and Protest | 6/20/1969 | See Source »

Verdi DiSesa and Lief Rosenberger combined to score five of Harvard's goals. DiSesa had two goals and three assists, and Rosenberger threw in three goals, adding one assist...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frosh Laxmen Win, 12-2; Net Squad Tops Andover | 4/17/1969 | See Source »

Leading scorers for the freshmen are Lief Rosenberger with 38 points followed by Dick Havern with 36 and Tom Paul with 23. Showing the great depth of the team, the second line is leading the first line in total points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swordsmen Lose; Icemen Play Here | 2/14/1969 | See Source »

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