Word: offing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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It was less clear last night whether Galbraith, Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics, had been offered a post. He would not comment on a New York Times story that he was Kennedy's choice as the next Ambassador to India. Although he admitted he had "no yearning for a...
Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation recently talked to Cox and Chayes, presumably with regard to an appointment. Cox, Royall Professor of Law, took a half-term leave to aid Kennedy's presidential campaign and has been closely associated with the senator since he aided him in preparing the...
Schlesinger, professor of History, also took a leave to aid the Senator in getting elected. Bowie, Director of the Center for International Affairs, served as head of the State Department Planning Board for several years.
"Many city designers relegate the planning of sensuous effects of a city to other professions," Kevin Lynch, a professor at M.I.T., charged last night at Hunt Lecture Hall.
Speaking on "The Image of a City," Lynch deplored the lack of professional interest in the visual impact of a city. Since architects, be pointed out, do not envisage the city as a whole, the results are "islands of projects, out of context with surroundings."