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...life and career were anomalous in his century. He was one of the few Russian writers who did not come from the gentry; his background was lower middle class. There was a strong nonconformist influence on him through an aunt who had married an Englishman and followed the Quaker way of life. He never joined a political party and so, at one time or another, was reviled by both radicals and conservatives. Yet in his job as an assistant steward on the vast estates of the wealthy Perovsky and Naryshkin families, he traveled through his country so extensively and perceived...
Focus on America (ABC, 7-7:30 p.m.). The story of William Jackson Palmer, the onetime Quaker who led the Pennsylvania 15th Cavalry in the Civil War, became a railroad builder and founded Colorado Springs and Colorado College...
...University, the Kennedys began a seven-week cram course with 153 other recruits from 42 states, the biggest single corps group yet launched. Their goal: two-year jobs as teachers' aides in the rural Philippines. "All our lives we've wanted to do something like this," said Quaker Kennedy. "We've talked about doing something personal for peace. This is our chance...
...four funds are valued together at $3,000,000. They are: ¶James Wright Hunt's $1,000,000 trust, set up in 1949 at the death of the shy Quaker attorney and amateur bird watcher whose fortune began when land he accepted as a legal fee later turned out to hold rich iron-ore deposits. ¶Businessman (real estate, mining, investments) Marshall W. Alworth's $1,000,000 memorial to his parents, limited to students majoring in mathematics, engineering, the physical sciences, and medicine, which has aided a total of 270 students in twelve years, including some...
...Crimson tennis team trounced Pennaylvania players on the Quaker courts yesterday for a score of 8 1/2 to 1/2, winning six singles and two doubles, and splitting a third double. Harvard was a solid favorite to win despite play on unusual courts--surfaced with tar and fine gravel...