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Rockefeller, Carnegie and Morgan were not the only robber barons, of course. Edward H. Harriman fought Morgan for control of the railroads. Andrew and Richard Mellon founded four major companies, including Alcoa. But the scale on which Rockefeller, Carnegie and Morgan operated was unprecedented, paving the way for a world of global companies and capital flows. And their money built a platform for philanthropy that has grown every bit as much as their corporations...
...salt aside, the toasters overtly acknowledged tradition only in passing. Mellon Professor of the Humanities Emeritus and former Master of Lowell Zeph Stewart was one of those raising their glasses to the self-named "Lady Masters of Lowell House." Noting a link between past and present leadership, he offered a blessing in Sanskrit, a language both he and Eck love. Other speakers invoked the names of past Lowell leaders, including first senior tutor Pope Professor of Latin Emeritus Mason Hammond and first master Julian Lowell Coolidge. Plummer Professor of Morals Peter J. Gomes spoke eloquently of the importance of teamwork...
...putting them in a position to hit Clinton with questions about Lewinsky. And more than a year ago, Arkansas state troopers reported that Starr's Arkansas team was asking them about Clinton's relationship with Jones. Then there is the omnipresent billionaire and funder of anti-Clinton investigations, Richard Mellon Scaife, whose alleged interference in Starr's Whitewater probe is being examined by a grand jury in Arkansas...
...which scores above the district average on standardized tests.) Gardner was saying there is plenty of anecdotal evidence in support of MI but no formal studies. This is not an irredeemable flaw, and others agree with Gardner that MI merits further investigation. "The ideas," says Robert Siegler of Carnegie Mellon University, "have enough support that it would be worthwhile implementing them on a large enough scale to find out if they work." At the moment, however, we don't know that they work...
...piece of scholarly research, as opposed to a debate of one side over the other," said Glenda K. Burkhart of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation...