Word: albert
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...previously scheduled business story. He was finishing up his report Tuesday morning when he noticed on his cable-news tape that "the stock market was clearly up to something unusual-and big." Putting aside his assigned story, he immediately started calling his Wall Street sources, including Expert Albert Wojnilower, whose predictions about falling interest rates had helped touch off the market's buying frenzy. That story was still evolving when Ungeheuer had to deal with news that Citicorp was bidding for the Fidelity Savings & Loan Association. "I had seen the move coming two years ago, when Citicorp Chairman Walter...
...inquiry centers on the charge that Donovan, then part owner of New Jersey's Schiavone Construction Co., met near Miami in January 1979 with two known mobsters: William Masselli, a member of the Genovese Mafia family and head of an excavation firm that did business with Schiavone; and Albert ("Chink") Facchiano, a convicted loan shark and former capo (captain) in the Genovese clan. The purpose of the Miami get-together was reportedly to set up no-show jobs for Genovese Mob members on Schiavone construction sites. Although Donovan refused to comment on the new inquiry, he has repeatedly denied...
...think the issue is not whether the government should provide the prayers to be used, but whether there should be praying in the public schools. Do we want our children taught by teachers or evangelists, by an Albert Einstein or an Oral Roberts? We must not confuse patriotism and religion. Are prayers in school a way for children to show their love for God, or are they just a way to get new recruits...
Hoare and his mercenary band of brothers were forced to stand trial following their bungled attempt last November to overthrow the socialist government of the Seychelles led by President Albert René. The armed mercenaries entered the Seychelles disguised as a beer-drinking tourist party, "The Ancient Order of Froth-Blowers." Hoare's objective was to return to power ex-President James Mancham, 49, a pro-Western leader who was deposed by René in a 1977 coup...
...tussles with sexuality, unspecified rage and moral salvation. Should he refuse to register for the draft or sign up as a conscientious objector? The question threatens to overburden a small, finely balanced novel of physical awakening. But the risks pay off in an unexpected dimension. Daniel's brother Albert, a Marine Corps officer, offers advice that goes beyond the usual gung-ho justifications. "Your private longing may be to live," he writes, "but that counts for nothing. You cannot escape the world and its public longing . . . You must bear the world. I do. I bear it less well...