Word: arthur
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fantastic as to be almost beyond belief," stormed AFL-CIO President George Meany. "A violation of privacy," snapped Nixon's defeated 1972 election opponent, George McGovern. And when Nixon's defenders suggested that he was only doing what John F. Kennedy had quietly practiced, Historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., a Kennedy friend and onetime aide, found it "inconceivable" that J.F.K. had bugged his visitors. Schlesinger insisted haughtily: "It was not the sort of thing Kennedy would have done." Declared Ramsey Clark, Lyndon Johnson's Attorney General: "I don't believe it happened...
...always been the hallmark of American entrepreneurs. At a time when the U.S. sees its economic power eroding, these businessmen are a unique source of strength. They are pioneering new industries in telecommunications, bioengineering and lasers. They are providing U.S. business with a fresh burst of energy. Says Arthur Levitt Jr., chairman of the American Stock Exchange: "If there is any hope for our economy, it rests with these people. They are the most challenging, irreverent bunch around." They are also the bunch leading the U.S. into the high-technology future...
...campus rejected unions in 1972 and 1978, but cost-cutting during the past year has eliminated more than 200 faculty jobs. Says the Michigan Education Association's Arthur Rice: "Economics will certainly be a strong factor, but there's a hopelessness that the faculty feels." Whether in union there is hope will be in question...
Gildea was referred to Dr. Arthur Boland, Harvard's head surgeon for athletics, who reconstructed her knee by inserting a staple to repair torn tissue. Despite intense pain, Gilder worked out three times a week her sophomore year to get back into the water...
Vellucci's vote gave the Independents a 5.4 decision blocking the city manager from eventually hiring counsel to appeal a decision by Third District Court Judge Arthur Sherman. The new mayor said he had made up his mind on the issue about a month...