Word: marshaled
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Anderson collected these memories as University Marshal--concierge to Harvard Yard--from 1964 until Commencement last year, when he was replaced by Richard Hunt. Now, in his retirement, Anderson sits in his lovely cream-colored home filled with second-career souvenirs, such as a crocheted chair cushion and hand-painted mirror depicting the small mustard Yard House, and waxes poetical about his tenure as a Harvard administrator. "It was a joyous experience. I had a great deal of fun." Anderson can travel the world over, encounter familiar and friendly faces in almost any part, and get a martini. "This...
...1950s, the office of the marshal has three functions: to greet first-time visitors in the name of Harvard's president, to send Harvard delegates to presidential inauguration ceremonies at universities around the world, and to prepare for the historic pomp that surrounds Commencement Day every year...
Anderson wore the first of these hats more than the others--he sometimes greeted up to five foreign visitors a day. Some dignitaries came on their own, most were directed by the State Department, which works with the marshal's office to see that guests visiting Boston get a chance to see Harvard. From the moment of the guest's arrival until his departure, Anderson was responsible for his satisfaction with his Harvard junket. The former marshal established the initial harmonious relationship between Harvard and its guest, and would then arrange for the visitor to see his American counterparts, whether...
Reviewing the highlights of his marshal career, Anderson often smiles with nostalgia, but he seriously emphasizes the fundamental importance of the job: "When one thinks of this program, it is with the hope that when the visitor returns to his own country, it is with a better understanding of ours." He notes that many of the visiting leaders and businessman are politically unpopular, and students sometimes protest their arrival. Anderson strongly advocates the visitor's rights: "The University is a place where freedom of expression should be one of our greatest priorities. We should allow anyone to visit Harvard whenever...
...first propaganda salvo came from Marshal Nikolai Ogarkov, Chief of the Soviet General Staff. In a rare interview, Ogarkov bluntly described the consequences of any NATO missile buildup as "very sad, very bad." The Soviet Union, he told the New York Times, would have to respond to a NATO nuclear attack by striking back directly at the U.S. Declared Ogarkov: "If the U.S. would use these missiles in Europe against the Soviet Union, it is not logical to believe that we will retaliate only against targets inEurope...