Word: manhasset
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...loose affiliation of local builders, any one of whom completed an average of four houses a year. What Levitt had in mind was 30 to 40 a day. Before the war, Levitt and his brother Alfred had built a few houses on land their father owned in Manhasset, N.Y. And in 1941 the Levitts won a government contract to provide 2,350 housing units for defense workers in Norfolk, Va. Once the fighting ended, they brought the lessons of that experience to 1,000 acres of potato farms on New York's Long Island 25 miles east of Manhattan...
...Katherine Lechler, 35, a graphics designer for CMP Media's InformationWeek, a trade publication in Manhasset, N.Y., knowing that she can have lunch every day with her two children, Christopher, 3, and Beatrice, 13 months, makes all the difference to her job. The company's on-site, full-service day-care center allows Lechler to see her kids anytime during the workday if they aren't feeling well--or if they just need a hug from Mom. She pays the company about $165 a week for Christopher's care and $150 a week for Beatrice's, which, Lechler says, costs...
...time performances are nothing new for the Manhasset, New York native. Since arriving in Cambridge with his twin brother Lou, Bevilacqua has been an outstandingly consistent performer. A three-year starter, he was the leading scorer on last year's team with 23 goals and 19 assists and is ranked among the top 20 lacrosse players nationally in goals per game this year...
DIED. BETSEY CUSHING ROOSEVELT WHITNEY, 89, grande dame of society; in Manhasset, N.Y. The middle child of the three glamorous Cushing sisters (the oldest married Vincent Astor, the youngest was the legendary society figure Babe Paley), she wrote the book on marrying money. The first wife of F.D.R.'s oldest son, James Roosevelt (when mother-in-law Eleanor was away, Betsey played White House hostess), she was the widow of tycoon John Hay ("Jock") Whitney...
DIED. HUGO WEISGALL, 84, composer and teacher; in Manhasset, New York. The Czech-born son of a cantor emigrated to the U.S. in 1920 and became a tireless champion of American music. Setting moral dramas by Strindberg (The Stronger) and Pirandello (Six Characters in Search of an Author) in English with a distinctive vocal line, he was one of the country's most influential composers...