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...oaken interior of Sanders Theater crackles with intensity as prominent pacifists lecture on the futility of violence in solving the nation’s problems. The event is one in a series of anti-administration rallies and demonstrations that are quickly becoming a weekly ritual at Harvard. But this late ’60s scene is happening almost three decades too early. The date is April 18, 1940. A year later, the Pearl Harbor bombing and the country’s entry into the Second World War would remind the United States and its citizens of the impossibility...
...gilded staircases, claw-foot bathtubs and predominance of marble, Apley is widely considered to be the cream of the first-year housing—especially by those poor souls residing in the skim milk of first-year housing. Apley’s shell sconces over the water fountains, oaken moldings straight out of Architectural Digest and fireplaces worthy of an English country inn place it more than a few notches above Canaday. Jackson’s also quick to sing the praises of the “really, really tall doorways” and her room’s extraordinary...
...reverse adoption, each kid claims a fireman as his or her own. Some gravitate to Albert Shaw, who drives the truck and teaches chess at the kitchen table. Others crowd around Steve ("the Preacher") Ellerson, who gives haircuts and lectures on good grades. Andre Raiford, built like an oaken door, drills the children on multiplication tables. Each fireman imparts lessons in some area and helps enforce a strict behavior code. Swearing and drug dealing are prohibited. Faces must be clean, hair combed, hands washed. "All these kids know is what they see around the projects," says Lewis. "We show them...
...went on to become the architect of the Common Market, mused about his dream for a United States of Europe. He thought back to his birthplace in this brandy-making town of Southwest France, where the grapes ripen slowly in the September sun, then mellow for decades in oaken barrels beneath the limestone distilleries. "The great thing about making cognac," he said, "is that it teaches you above all to wait. Man proposes, but time and God and the seasons have to be on your side...
...Iran-contra connection, this was the man. He heads all of the nation's intelligence agencies. He has a special fondness for clandestine operations. He holds Cabinet rank and sits on the National Security Council, and his advice and friendship are deeply valued by the President. The huge oaken doors of the hearing room swung shut...