Word: watson
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...grade on the first ballot after C.C.A.-endorsed Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29 made a speech changing from abstention to a vote for McNamara. At this point, there were four abstentions, two votes for McNamara, two vote for ex-Mayor Edward J. Sullivan, and one vote for Councilor Charles A. Watson...
January. Sir Edmund Hillary will deny ASPCA charges that he used penguins to pull his sled when he reached the South Pole. Sir Edmund will say, "The birds are not only bow-legged, but paunchy. The charge is ridiculous." Back in Cambridge, Dean Watson will be fired for having purchased 3,000 IBM machines without authorization. The ex-Dean will declare, "Machines are lots of fun. Lots." Dean Bundy will reply, "Mr. Watson knew quite well that there is no need for 3,000 IBM machines. I suffice...
February. Ex-Dean Watson will reply to Dean Bundy, "Mr. Bundy may know everything, but he doesn't have any buttons. Buttons are lots of fun. Lots." The Harvard Young Republican Club will charge that John F. Kennedy's senior honors thesis (1940) was ghost-written. President Pusey will deny reports that he is organizing a gold-finding expedition to South America in an attempt to bolster the Program for Harvard College. Professor Arthur Schlesinger Jr. will deny reports that he is going to the North Pole on a gold-finding expedition in an attempt to cover certain legal expenses...
...going to "buy Harvard College for my boys." Rev. Buttrick will urge President Pusey to go gold hunting in South America to strengthen Harvard's financial position. Rev. Buttrick will offer to accompany the President and allow him to use his new gold-divining rod. Ex-Dean Watson will offer to find gold with his IBM machines. "Damn, but those machines are awfully smart. Awfully" he will...
July. The Student Employment Agency will deny that it is a marriage bureau during the summer months. James Reston, in a copyrighted story, will declare that Eisenhower went comatose months ago, and that the country has been run by Sherman Adams and "some guy called Watson and his 3,000 IBM machines." Abroad, Alfred Krupp will deny that he now owns the controlling stock in the French Republic. Nikita Khrushchev will bring a formal complaint to the United Nations General Assembly. The Soviet Ruler will complain that the United States has been distributing subversive literature along Russia's northern coast...