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...teacher) Sam Levenson. is ''an optometrist with vision." His vision is of a community-supported college-scholarship loan plan, and the idea has spread within three years from the New England textile city of Fall River. Mass., to about 50 small towns in eleven states scattered from Rhode Island to Kansas and from Minnesota to Louisiana...
...porcupine in the shape of a man. un mistakably Woollcott with more than a few quills of Kaufman; and Of Thee I, Sing, a spoof that could teach a few mocking lessons to the Mort Sahl generation created the unforgettable Throttlebottom as well as the national committeeman who sold Rhode Island ("Nobody missed...
...With admirable Yankee practicality, one Rhode Island dealer advertises: "For those who wouldn't like to be caught dead in a plush-lined coffin," a mail-order traditional plain wooden box with strong rope handles, at $120. "Cover it with cushions, and it can double as a storage chest and low seat until needed for its ultimate purpose...
Speaking at the annual meeting of the Harvard Club of Rhode Island, the senior member of the Corporation, a Boston lawyer, claimed that his job would be "mainly to open the mail." He further asserted that he would like to sign all correspondence with a rubber stamp saying, "The President will be back...
...situation, to be sure, is different. Providence is the chief city in Rhode Island and there are naturally many Brown graduates among her influential citizens and government officials; unfortunately, most Massachusetts Harvard graduates tend to live in Boston or the suburbs and have little interest in or control over Cambridge affairs. Equally important is the fact that Harvard is only one of many Greater Boston cultural attractions, while without Brown, Providence would be nearly devoid of many such opportunities...