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...first dean whom Nathan Pusey appointed as President of Harvard announced his retirement a few weeks ago, and all of his colleagues seemed to apply the same word to him. "He was a builder," one professor said. The word builder would work equally well if applied to Pusey or any of the men he raised to high positions in the University. The physical dimensions of Harvard, both college and graduate schools, have increased phenomenally in every direction during his eighteen years in office...
...MUSCLE Builder Charles Atlas might describe the present U.S. business recovery as a 97-lb. weakling -too puny to rout the bullyboy of unemployment. Members of TIME'S Board of Economists use more scholarly analogies, but they make the same point. At a recent all-day meeting, they offered this analysis of the nation's economy...
...children who carry American flags. There are also shots of people sitting on beds and the aforementioned odes to Nature. There are very few photos, relatively speaking, of scenes around Harvard; many of those that are there do not have people in them (e.g., the section entitled "Pusey the Builder...
...belief that he was so deeply involved in the popular political process that he might give in to the transitory whims of public opinion rather than follow a course of action which was manifestly correct. Rockefeller was an interventionist in principle, a far more dedicated cold warrior and alliance-builder than Nixon, with his earthbound, contingent claims to popularity, could ever have been. And it was only after receiving assurances from Nixon that he would occupy a pivotol post in the new administration-that he would have a truly significant measure of control over policy decisions-that he consented...
Placating the Whites. The people of Chicago have never heard his honor treated so roughly. "Daley the builder?" queries Friedman. "No, Daley the destroyer. Daley the manager? No, Daley the bungler." From storefront to street corner, he declares in his low-key voice: "We're going to sweep that aging, corrupt, manipulating politician out of city hall...