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...World War II and the Korean War, military bases mushroomed overnight and threw heavy burdens on local school districts, which were expected to educate children of servicemen. In Midwest City, Okla., for example, the number of kids in classes jumped from 285 to 1,500 in one year after Tinker Air Force Base opened near by. School officials around the country lobbied Congress to pass a law granting federal aid in lieu of the local property taxes that the base or the soldiers living there, if they were civilians, would have paid...
Before the "Browns became international celebrities, they lived quietly in a white row house in Easton, a neighborhood in Bristol, about 150 miles from Oldham. "Ever such a nice couple," say neighbors. John Brown apparently likes few things better than to tinker with his automobile and, even before the current furor, kept largely to himself. Says a friend: "He is a very polite bloke. I don't think he socializes with a lot of people." Still, the Browns, who live with John's 17-year-old daughter by a previous marriage, are hardly recluses. Before Lesley Brown was sequestered...
...past record is any guide, is not likely to cut off many heads, he is certain to make major changes before he has twirled three times in his new swivel chair. "One thing he will do is break up those long, indecisive meetings at NBC," says Producer Grant Tinker (The Mary Tyler Moore Show). "NBC is really one long meeting, and he'll stick firecrackers under the chairs at those endless sessions." NBC'S programmers know that whatever they do this month may be rescinded next month. "Does NBC'S fall schedule mean anything?" asks Adman...
Sounds like Tinker-to-Evers-to Chance? It gets even more complicated. The ACSR-CSSR-Treasurer's Office route is only needed for shareholder resolutions, for those investment issues which involve social and ethical questions. On purely financial issues, Harvard turns to the professional money managers to keep the profit margin steady. Once the treasurer managed the Harvard portfolio in his spare time. But as the size of Harvard's holdings grew, and as the University turned towards the more unpredictable forms of investment, like common stocks--instead of bonds, government securities and real estate--a full-time treasurer...
...buggy. The ride is very romantic, and it is one of the only remnants of old New York that is still around. While you're there, hop across the street to F.A.O. Schwarz, the world-famous toy store. You can marvel at the outrageously-priced Stieff stuffed animals, or tinker with the countless mechanical contraptions always on display...