Word: york
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Caro began work on his Texas-size biography of L.B.J. 14 years ago. The choice of subject was a natural progression from his first marathon, The Power Broker (1974), a 1,200-page study of New York City master builder Robert Moses. The Power Broker is an obligatory book for understanding modern urban politics. In turning to L.B.J., Caro shifted his focus from how New York City works to what makes the nation run. The answer is not surprising. As Franklin Roosevelt's factotum Tommy ("the Cork") Corcoran responded when Caro asked how the young L.B.J. gained power, "Money...
Harvard earns its first ticket to the Beanpot finals since 1981--but it's economy class and includes a two-day stopover in upstate New York...
...York for the summer and I was looking for a job in an uptown law firm," Minnesota junior Paul Richards says. "It seems that one of the partners in the firm was a Harvard alumnus and when I mentioned that I was from the University of Minnesota, he responded with a large grin and a 15-minute onslaught of ribbing about the game...
Also on the panel, moderated by Thomson Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield '53, were John Ridpath, a professor of economics and intellectual history at York University and Jack Clark, executive board member of the local chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America...
...issue is a program initiated in the 1960s to keep tabs on the reading habits of the large number of East bloc immigrants in New York. The FBI seemed particularly concerned with persons perusing scientific and technical journals--not to mention people with funny names ending...