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...secondary to its picture of a remarkable human being--self-important, impetuous, pugnacious, tormented by self-doubts and yet stubborn to the point of mulishness, vain, jealous, and suspicious almost to the point of paranoia; and yet at the same time deeply affectionate and warmhearted, 'as sociable as any Marblehead man,' irrepressibly humorous, passionately devoted all his life to the welfare of his country, and as courageous a diplomat as his country ever...
...five artists imported last week raised no questions at all. Four of them had painted New Englanders or New England scenes, ranging from George P. A. Healy's glowering portrait of Daniel Webster to a lighthearted Bathing, Marblehead by Maurice Prendergast. There was a Maine scene by Winslow Homer, and the brooding Houses of 'Squam Light, Cape Ann by Realist Edward Hopper. Finally, with the President's home ground taken care of, came a typical Jacqueline touch. In choosing two rare Italian scenes in watercolor by John Singer Sargent-Venice's La Dogana (Customs House...
Racing in zero degree weather past snow-lined banks and frozen docks in Marblehead Harbor, Crimson skippers brought their dinghies in first, second, third, fourth, and sixth in the fifth race to win the meet...
...first three races, Harvard sailors John Marshall, Carter Ford, Chuck Angle, Mike Horn, and Mike Lehmann faced opponents with better boats and better sails. Ahead 83 1/2 to 82 1/2 going into the fourth race, the Marblehead sailors offered to swap boats...
...Harvard team used Inter Club dinghies owned by Marblehead sailors. In races at home, they use the facilities of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...