Word: southwester
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Walter Randall, '36, is the archetype of the old-school Harvard grad. Not a Philadelphian by birth but a fairly long-time resident in a wealthy hidden-away province, southwest of the city. Randall represents the interests of a small faction of older alumni interested in restoring some element of "clubbiness" to Philadelphian graduates. Randall sees the present club's chieftains--who do a great deal to mold the policies of the alumni in the city--as a looseknit, often too business-like group of younger turks who believe the club's only duty is soliciting new membership dues...
...alumni belong to the exclusive Merion and Philadelphia Cricket Clubs and other private clubs that make owning a large Harvard clubhouse in town superfluous. Simpson explains that most alumni nowadays don't live in center city, but more often come home to the Main Line in fashionable southwest Philadelphia or Chestnut Hill, the silkstocking district that barely falls within the city's northwestern limits...
Peter Kurd, L.H.D. No artist has so effectively evoked in paintings a spirit of time and place, a vision of the Southwest that symbolizes an American way of life...
Many of the elderly with more money prefer plusher living. An estimated 500,000 have bought or leased property in the "adult" or "retirement" communities that have mushroomed round the country, primarily in Florida and the Southwest, where the weather is warm and the cost of living relatively low. Most of these "villages," "cities" and "worlds" follow the lead of Arizona's Sun City (pop. 34,000) and exclude younger people; no one under 50 can buy or lease property there. Some residents like the segregation practiced in the gerontopolises, but the majority are more interested in the amenities...
Captain Raib Avers and eight ragged black and mulatto crewmen set out from Grand Cayman Island to hunt turtles in the southwest Caribbean. Their ship is the Lillias Eden, a once proud schooner now yoked to brand-new twin diesel engines in its converted cargo hold. Avers' legendary temper is even blacker than usual. Though it is late in the turtle season, he needs a good catch to pay for the overhaul of his ship. He rashly refuses to worry about Eden's lack of a chronometer, life jackets, fire extinguishers, or a radio that can send...