Word: acing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first reaction was: what was he thinking? Just as Viagra mania was receding, along comes Ace Greenberg, the chairman of Bear, Stearns & Co., donating $1 million to give the drug to patients unable to afford...
...must be a more pressing use of a spare million than erections for the downtrodden. The good that Viagra for the Poor might do was immediately offset by another round of bad Viagra humor--tales that walking past all those signs saying WILL WORK FOR FOOD AND VIAGRA inspired Ace to donate $1 million in seed money to the cause...
Much of the joking came from the thought that Ace might end up subsidizing a bunch of guys in gold chains and heavy cologne taking the drug for "enhancement" purposes, as one more hedge against middle-age insecurity, like Rogaine. The hospital will be weeding them out. Anyway, what they're looking for is a pill to cure rejection. Not even Ace has enough money for that...
...There simply isn't a playbook" for turbulent months like those," says Terry W. Hartle, senior vice president of the American Council on Education (ACE), a Washington lobbyist who has worked extensively with Rowe over the past four years. He cites Rowe's "strong set of nerves...and not a little bit of humor" as keys to Rowe's survival and success...
Rowe has adjusted well to Rudenstine's preferred method of lobbying. Though past presidents have used Harvard's name as a bully pulpit to publicly call for change, Rudenstine and Rowe have been more likely to work behind the scenes and within coalitions like the ACE...