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History and politics are among the things that pilots Bill and Gayle James, both 65, of Canton, Ohio, have taught their grandkids at 7,000 feet. On one trip they flew over Cuba with their granddaughters, 12 and 13. "They'd only heard how bad it was," says Bill, "but Cuba looked gorgeous, and the Cuban controllers were so friendly. They were full of questions about Cuba and why they couldn't go there. Poppy and Nonny gave them a real history lesson...
...forced it on myself so I don't become anxious or annoyed," says the computer-systems architect, 58. "I don't want to associate anything bad with the thrill of flying." Ron Vickrey, 69, a retired executive in Port Orange, Fla., believes his daughters were too young when he taught them to fly. By 16, when they were eligible to get a license, they had lost interest. With his granddaughters, he plans to wait and start them at 16. But he hasn't told them yet. "I'm lying in the weeds on this one," he says with a chuckle...
...Moore, who was born and raised in Newport, R.I., first started working at Harvard’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies—informally known as the Russian Research Center—in 1948. He officially joined the Harvard faculty in 1951 and taught until 1979. Moore published his most influential work, “Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World” in 1966. Moore’s earliest scholarship was in the field of Russian politics and power. It was after publishing his 1950 work...
Harvard Business School (HBS) Professor Emeritus Thomas J. C. Raymond, who taught at Harvard in various capacities for 55 years, died on Sept. 29. He was 88 years old. Raymond was a professor at HBS, Harvard College, and the Extension School, starting at HBS in 1950. There, he put his expertise in business communications to use in a compulsory course that gained notoriety amongst HBS graduates, “Written Analysis of Cases,” or “WAC,” as it was known for short. The course required first-year MBA students to submit biweekly...
...only counterarguments—to what is an undeniably good thing—involve reservations about time. The argument is that if Lamont becomes a student center, there will be no impetus for the construction of a real student center across the river. If the last year has taught us anything, it is that student activism, serious or otherwise, can change the minds of College and University planners. Until that’s proven wrong, it makes no sense to downplay and insult what the College is already offering...