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Died. Harry Falconer McLean, 78, boisterous, eccentric Canadian construction king, the fabled "Mr. X" who once dumped $5,000 in silver and small bills out of his hotel window, handed out $100 bills to soldiers and chambermaids, $1,000 and $2,000 checks to bellhops and cabbies because "I like to see people happy," and was swamped with 27,000 marriage proposals (he ignored them all, was married twice, to other women); of a stroke; in Merrickville, Ont. A 6-ft., 200-lb. bear of a man whose tastes ran to torpedo-sized cigars, buffalo-skin coats and liquor...
...Anatomy of Revolution," part of a TV extension series given last year by C. Crane Brinton '19, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History, was "canned" and send aboard the "George Washington" last fall. More than half of the 100 men in the crew have registered for the course...
...dinner conversation, Jack simply left the table and retired early). The Senator thrived on large crowds of people; his lady preferred intimate groups of close friends. Jack read American history; Jackie wolfed down four or five novels, ranging from Colette to Kerouac, a week. They bought an estate at McLean, Va.-and soon discovered it was a mistake. Commuting to the Senate, Jack was frustrated by the 20-minute rush-hour traffic jams at Chain Bridge. "I was alone almost every weekend while Jack traveled the country making speeches," says Jackie. "It was all wrong." In the gossipy circle they...
...office, puts great reliance on careful employee interviewing and aptitude tests to put workers in suitable jobs that will not cause or aggravate an emotional upset. Many company psychiatrists, unable to keep tab on all workers, train managers and supervisors to watch for signs of mental disturbance. Dr. Alan McLean, fulltime psychiatrist for IBM, spends half his time coaching executives in this art. He warns them against trying to play psychiatrist, insists that workers be immediately referred to a psychiatrist or plant doctor for "emotional first aid." Plant psychiatrists usually handle only fairly simple cases, such as unwarranted health anxieties...
Thousands of youngsters could ask: Why was I accepted or rejected? The decisions often seemed downright whimsical. At McLean (Va.) High School, David Stanley, 18, top boy in his class, was turned down by Swarthmore, which accepted Jerry Nelson, 16, whose grades were mediocre. At New York City's Andrew Jackson High School. Rickey Field, 18, was accepted by Harvard, Princeton and Columbia, but turned down by the University of Michigan. At New York's Riverdale Country School, James Avary, 18, applied only to Princeton. His College Board English and math aptitude scores averaged only...