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Richard W. Horgan, spokesman for the Cambridge City Planning Department, said yesterday. "Once Harvard applies for a permit it will have little difficulty obtaining one." He added, "The residents have no legal basis for objection to Harvard's plan" because the property in question is owned by Harvard."

Author: By Mel M. Marinkovic and Claude R. Marx, S | Title: Harvard to Apply for Building Permit | 7/14/1978 | See Source »

Rusk makes a good point. But Carter has enlarged his own problem. He is uncomfortable with bigness and complexity. He is suspicious of wealth and achievement, wary of tradition, protocol and many of the rituals of advanced urban society. In his populist fevers he sometimes seems mistakenly to champion mediocrity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: The Perils of Giving 'Em Hell | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

They asked the Georgetown neighbors if he had a drinking problem. They inquired up the street about his sexual habits. The subject of the investigation: veteran Statesman W. Averell Harriman, 86, who represented the U.S. at Yalta and led the American delegation at the Viet Nam peace talks. The snoopers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, May 22, 1978 | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

The source, who asked to remain unidentified, said Moses' principal objection may be that undergraduate advisers would offer suggestions inconsistent with those of freshman proctors and department advisers and might therefore confuse the student.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Class of '82 Might Get Undergraduate Advisers | 5/19/1978 | See Source »

There is not the least objection to a girl from the U.S. or the Commonwealth, but I think it very unlikely. How would he get to know a suitable American well enough, long enough, to be able to say yes? Now let's take Grace Kelly, who would be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Getting the Right People | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

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