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Oil was the original source of the family's wealth and is still an important business interest, although substantially less than before. Nelson's grandfather John D. Rockefeller created the Standard Oil Trust, becoming a billionaire in the process. Nelson and his siblings shared the inheritance of his...
Harvard Yard was co-ed for the first time in 1972-3, with 200 Radcliffe freshmen scattered among almost 1000 men. Twelve hundred freshmen crammed into one section of the campus inevitably produced a hothouse environment. But one woman for every five men heightened the intensity. Two or three of...
The Turkish aim seemed to be, as Ankara claimed, not control of the whole island but of a third of it, roughly following a nearly 70-mile line from Lefka and Nicosia to Famagusta. With this "fact," as the Turks called it, accomplished, they felt that a settlement could be...
There were scattered scenes of rejoicing and scenes of sorrow across the nation last week. In Cambridge and Berkeley, throngs of students celebrated in the streets. At a World Football League game in Jacksonville, cheerleaders burst into tears when the news was announced. For most Americans, however, the reaction to...
Although Lebanese Defense Minister Nasri Maalouf quickly called for the strengthening of his country's armed forces, the raid was considered in Beirut to be not much more than a psy-war gesture. Leaflets scattered by the frogmen admonished Lebanese fishermen against assisting Palestinian guerrillas in launching other seaborne...