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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...late '30s. He wrote radio-and screenplays ("I'm a lot prouder of some of the mortgages I've written," he says), then took on an advertising job for a mortgage broker. Later, when he moved into S&Ls, Lytton quickly proved himself a master of theatrical dazzle as he wooed savings accounts. He held art auctions and book fairs, gave away coffee and cake, loaded his sumptuous offices with endless tables of free gifts for new customers. When Washington stopped him from advertising such come-ons, Lytton responded by hiring luscious models to wrap gifts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finance: Black Bart's Red Ink | 4/19/1968 | See Source »

...vocalists in the know might say) is basically as lovely as her appearance, though it can have an unpleasant choked sound in the lower register. Her performance at Holmes unfortunately revealed serious technical problems in handling the music. The Bach solo cantata was the closest to coloratura the Master ever came, and is a tough order for anyone to handle. Wednesday night Bach's elegant roulades were indistinct and slow; the tempo dragged at every soprano entrance. The accompanying trumpet, string quartet, and harpsichord, though. perfectly competent, was unconducted and therefore had major difficulties with ensemble...

Author: By Robert G. Kopelson, | Title: Carlotta Wilsen | 4/19/1968 | See Source »

...will take about eight months of continuous work to renovate the Dunster kitchen in order to serve both Mather and Dunster. The Administration has handled this in a high-handed style: not one of the 300 students were consulted at any stage in the decision-making process, the Master's advice was ignored, and plans were not made public even after they were formulated. The announcement was made only after juniors had decided whether to live off-campus or stay in the House and after freshmen had submitted their House preferences...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Outrage at Dunster | 4/18/1968 | See Source »

...Master, members of the Senior Common Room, and students had not protested so intenselv, the Administration would probably have followed the plan Dean Trottenberg originally outlined, which might have sent Dunster students to Eliot House for their meals. Trottenberg has since said he didn't know what was going to happen on this issue and that plans would be made only after a full exploration of the problem. But this should have been the policy from the start...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Outrage at Dunster | 4/18/1968 | See Source »

...Master Alwin M. Pappenheimer Jr. '29 told the House last week that the Administration had decided to close the dining hall for a substantial part of the 1969 Spring term to renovate the kitchen which will serve both Dunster and Mather in September...

Author: By Jeffrey D. Blum, | Title: Dunster Petition Protests Closing Of Dining Room | 4/16/1968 | See Source »

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