Word: parkers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...incident that may have soured Parker's prospects was the handling of diaries purportedly written by Adolf Hitler. Last April Newsweek and other organizations bargained unsuccessfully for U.S. publication rights from the West German photo weekly Stern. Under Parker's supervision, Newsweek then ran an all but breathless cover story, synopsizing the memoirs, which included the memorable lines "Hitler's diaries-genuine or not, it almost doesn't matter in the end." After they had been exposed as forgeries, Newsweek ran a second cover suggesting that it had played a major role in uncovering the fraud...
...scientists had high praise for the ingenuity shown by the men in orbit, like Mission Specialist Robert Parker, whose deft use of a sleeping bag provided a cover of darkness while he reloaded a jammed spool of film. Said one Houston observer, University of Naples Physicist Luigi Napolitano: "You know, without those guys, the mission would have been a failure on the first day." The astronauts also found time to clown for the TV cameras and take telephone calls from President Reagan and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. But some problems simply had to be endured, like the accumulation...
State Rep. Kevin W. Fitzgerald's (D-Mission Hill/Jamaica) office was instrumental in coordinating Harvard's resources and the Parker Hill Council's concerns, and in raising donations for the poor in conjunction with other drives in the neighborhood...
Coach Harry Parker's heavyweight crew squad endured a novel training program this past Saturday: The Newell (Boathouse) Triathalon. Consisting of 1) a half-hour row on a rowing machine; 2) a four-mile run; and 3) a run up and down each of the stadium's 37 rows, the triathalon claimed many oarsmen's Saturday night revelries...
Pictured clockwise from right: The "official" bib; Christopher Richards '85 agonizes over his time; Joel Podolay '86 huddles in a cozy corner; Amos Gelb '86 finds a bed of concrete; and Joe Murphy '85 relaxes at the top of Row 37, the finish line, Said Coach Parker, who also competed in the event (and lost to half the squad), "It was good exercise," Said Murphy...