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...hand to offer his advice about the talks last week was retired General Lucius D. Clay, President Kennedy's personal emissary, whose fulltime task in Berlin was over. Clay's seven months in the free city as the on-the-spot symbol of U.S. support had not passed entirely smoothly. His suggestions for tough dis plays of U.S. strength in Berlin were often pigeonholed in favor of more cautious advice from the State Department; his direct line to the White House some times upset the military and diplomatic chain of command, to the obvious anger of U.S. officers...
...dreaded Roman Conqueror Lucius Cornelius Sulla stormed and looted Athens. Sulla was perhaps the leading looter of ancient times, sending to Rome thousands of works of art from all over the Greek world. Archaeologist Erythmios Mastrokostas, who bossed the Piraeus dig, thinks that the statue was part of Sulla's booty already crated for loading on one of his ships. Very likely a fire in the waterfront warehouse reduced its packing material to black ashes. In the confusion of war, no one noticed the statues. Weeds grew high, rubbish accumulated, and when Piraeus was rebuilt, a street ran over...
...Director of Athletics and Chairman of the Committee; John M. Bullitt '43, Master of Quincy House and associate professor of English; Dana L. Farnsworth, director of University Health Services; Delmar Leighton '19, Master of Dudley House and member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Seymour E. Harris '20, Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Political Economy...
Even John Kennedy handles tough, testy General Lucius Clay with care. After recent Clay complaints that U.S. Army commanders in Berlin do not have sufficient on-the-spot authority, the President decided he had better have a talk with his special Berlin representative. He asked Dean Rusk to send a message to Clay, suggesting that if Clay's morale was suffering, it might be a good idea to visit Washington and examine the problem from the U.S. side of the Atlantic...
...usual, the headlines out of Berlin were dramatic-an American commandant held up at the East-West frontier; a Soviet jeep chased by U.S. troops in retaliation. General Lucius Clay, the President's special representative in Berlin, flew to Washington to demand that the local commander get more freedom to slug back at Communist provocations, unhampered by "contingency plans" requiring a check with Washington before action...