Word: assisters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nonetheless, in painting the summit as a success, the Administration got an assist from, of all people, Gorbachev. The Soviet leader launched his own spin-doctoring campaign as soon as the summit broke up, dispatching 15 diplomats to 35 countries from Austria to Zimbabwe. On successive days, Max Kampelman and Victor Karpov, the heads of the American and Soviet arms- negotiating teams in Geneva, turned up in Bonn to conduct briefings for the West German government. Tuesday night Gorbachev, like Reagan a day earlier, went on television to give his version of the summit events to his fellow countrymen...
Most of the crew members were evacuated to nearby Soviet merchant ships, and a U.S. Navy tug was in the area ready to assist if needed, officials said...
Catliff, who captured Ivy League Player of the Week honors two weeks ago for his four-goal explosion against Columbia, stands second in the league in scoring. Only Cornell's JOhn Bayne (four goals and one assist) has racked up more points than Catliff in league play...
...Harvard's 5-1 season-opening victory over Rhode Island Saturday, Landau scored a goal and recorded an assist--and showed that she has added not only new blood, but also a blood-thirsty drive for goals, to the Harvard offense...
...nothing new for private donors to pitch in for public education. Just last week, the Rev. Andrew Greeley, best-selling author of novels like Ascent Into Hell, announced his plan to set up a $1 million fund to assist Catholic schools in Chicago in which minorities constitute at least half the enrollment. But the practice of taking responsibility for the future of entire graduating classes of schools and even of school systems is a new idea, one that appears to be gaining support around the country. Responding in part to sharp cutbacks in federal funding for student aid, benefactors from...