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...reminder of a time when you had a different relationship to the books that you owned,” says Professor Ann M. Blair, who teaches a course called History 1318, “History of the Book and Reading,” and who recently won a MacArthur Fellowship for her enduring love of books...
...White House when he first visited, just after Pearl Harbor. The room would become the haven for Roosevelt and Churchill and key aides throughout the four war years, a repository of information and a place where policy was shaped, decisions made, orders sent to Generals Eisenhower and MacArthur...
This all started in 1997 when the FTC, which has a very deluded, Douglas MacArthur self-image, began "Operation Waistline," which is always referred to in quotation marks in the report. Basically, "Operation Waistline" consisted of sending out letters to publications warning them about running ads with false claims. These letters, the FTC was shocked to learn, were universally ignored. The FTC researchers never asked themselves if they would open a letter with the return address of "Operation Waistline...
...deep knowledge of the history of science in Europe and of the scientific revolution reveals to us the deep roots of some of our own ‘modern’ dilemmas,” he said in a statement yesterday. “I am delighted that the MacArthur Foundation has recognized one of Harvard’s most engaging teachers and promising scholars with this award...
...John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a private, independent grantmaking institution dedicated to helping groups and individuals foster lasting improvement in the human condition...