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...Doris K. Goodwin, the presidential scholar and Roosevelt biographer who delivered the memorial lecture at the benefit dinner for the restoration project, said that when Roosevelt returned to Harvard to deliver Harvard’s 300th Commencement address in 1936, he was not well received by the Wall Street barons in the audience. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...language towards big business was “fiery,” Goodwin said, noting that Roosevelt “transformed America into a middle-class country...
...only when the war was on the horizon that he had to re-create those alliances and send an olive branch to the business community,” Goodwin said...
...Goodwin noted that the timing of the renovation coincides perfectly with the current political climate. She drew parallels between President Barack Obama and Roosevelt, saying that both men have proven adept at conveying a realistic picture of the economic and political challenges facing the country, while simultaneously inspiring confidence in the American people...
...Steve Lento, who’s been a regular at the festival since middle school. The highlight of this year’s festival was the recently-released “Alien Trespass.” Directed by former “X-Files” producer R.W. Goodwin, the film pays homage to five iconic 1950s sci-fi films. Any great sci-fi movie, says Lento, “should be aware of and contain genre conventions; ideally, it should play with these conventions or do something new with them.” The self-referential nature of science...