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Lyman Spitzer Jr. *38 and The Ultimate Energy Source
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Princeton physicists near the mid-point of a decades-long effort to harness fusion...
Albert Einstein Answer His Mail
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A new book collects the letters he wrote to children, students, relatives, and strangers about politics, religion, patriotism, psychoanalysis, music, and cats.
Woodrow Wilson ’79’s Role in Football
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Wilson had more to do with football than just about any other American President, before or since. Unlike Jerry Ford, he never played on an organized team, but he coached...
The Patton - Wilson ’79 Succession
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Behind Wilson’s sudden elevation lay months of behind-the-scenes maneuvering
What Carter Could Learn From Woodrow Wilson ’79
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Arthur S. Link reflects upon the similarities and differences between the 28th and 39th Presidents of the United States
On The Honor System
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“We’ve learned that the kind of people we are is as important as what we know, and that all things most worth doing require the best of both our intellect...
Bill Bradley ’65, We Hardly Know Ya
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Despite volumes of publicity, the epitome of the scholar-athlete remains an enigma...
George F. Kennan ’25 and the Business of Détente
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Exploring the connection between politics and economics in East-West trade...
Woodrow Wilson ’79 Amid the “Demure Damsels”
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Lucy Maynard Salmon, one of Wilson’s graduate students and later one of Vassar’s most distinguished professors, wrote scathingly of his narrow-minded attitude toward women. Before Salmon arrived at Bryn Mawr...
