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...Patiently, Barry said that he had been misquoted, that U.S. law allows no one but the President to authorize the use of nuclear weapons, and "I can't change that law." Anyhow, he continued, he would favor giving only the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe-presently General Lyman Lemnitzer-a degree of authority about nuclear weapons. He carefully explained that he was not talking about long-range, strategic missiles, but rather about the low-yield, tactical weapons around which Western Europe's defense is now built-"ones small enough to be carried on the shoulder, small enough...
Harvard at this time had one of the most star-studded Faculties of its history. Josiah Royce, Herbert Palmer, George Santayana, George Lyman Kittredge, Charles Townsend Copeland and George Baker have made this era known as the Golden Age of the Yard. Nevertheless, most students were satisfied with the "gentleman's C" often acquired through last minute cram courses at private tutoring schools. Faculty members met the problem of a rather disinterested student body in different ways. Kittredge maintained stern discipline during his lectures. If a student left the room when the bell rang and Kittredge was still speaking...
...Class of 1939's freshman year drew to a close two important academic events occurred: History of Science became the University's 26th field of concentration, and Harvard's foremost Shakespearean scholar, George Lyman Kittredge '82, resigned from the Faculty after several decades as Gurney Professor of English Literature...
Then at 4:34 of the second overtime, B.U. managed to clear the puck, into the Harvard end, and forced it by goalie Sweitzer on a scramble in front of the Harvard net. Lyman Carter was credited with the goal, on assists from Bob McCabe and Vic Conte...
...Muldaur, 20, plays mandolin, guitar, kazoo and, most rewardingly, washboard. He was the National Washboard Co.'s "Soap Saver." Muldaur has modified his washboard by tacking it up against another washboard and stuffing old socks between the two grates to "give it a fatter sound." Mouth-Harpist Mel Lyman, 25, distinguishes between his instrument and the harmonica by saying, "People who play the harmonica are hung...