Word: mortarboards
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...member of North western's English department, defines ambition as the fuel of achievement. Ben Franklin was an OPEC of success in the 18th century. Pierre du Pont never ran dry; neither did John D. Rockefeller, Henry Ford, Joseph Kennedy or Henry R. Luce. Epstein tips his mortarboard to these classic American gogetters. In a series of biographical sketches, he admires their energy and single-mindedness and the uncomplicated relish they took in pursuing knowledge, wealth and power. He understands the influences that gave their ambitions strength and direction: the Enlightenment and flowering of scientific curiosity; the Puritan ethic...
...former Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, 77, Georgetown University's commencement was old mortarboard. Lodge's honorary degree was his 30th. But it was novel for Arkansas' Bill Clinton, 33, the nation's youngest Governor and Georgetown's commencement speaker. Only twelve years ago, Clinton approached the same platform for his bachelor's degree. Adjusting Clinton's tassel before the ceremonies, Lodge also proffered some advice on graduation speechmaking: "You can't be too long, too heavy or too light...