Word: baird
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...became Baird professor of science...
While headlines were monopolized by the gays-in-the-military uproar and the aborted nominations of Zoe Baird, Kimba Wood and Guinier, Clinton was putting together a tough economic program. It meant scrapping most of his proposed investments and the middle-class tax cut. It meant proposing new taxes, which outraged Republicans, and spending cuts, which troubled some Democrats. It meant braving the warnings of deficit hawks that higher taxes and less spending would lead to stagnation or recession, and following the advice of Republican Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, who insisted that a credible deficit-reduction...
...Baird Professor of Science Gary J. Feldman, for example, says more internal promotions would help solve the problem...
...Herschbach's broad experiences throughout the College will help her redefine the post. Before her seven-year term as registrar, Herschbach spent three years as assistant dean of the College for special programs, overseeing advanced standing and special concentrations, among others. And from 1981-1986, Herschbach and her husband, Baird Professor of Science Dudley R. Herschbach, were masters of Currier House. Georgene Herschbach also sits on the Faculty Committee on Information Technology and the Administrative Board...
...crusade in search of its 15 minutes of fame sometimes needs a celebrity sacrifice. Zoe Baird gave us immigration reform, Christopher Reeve makes it impossible to ignore spinal-cord research, Magic Johnson lent his charisma to the fight against AIDS. Now the issue of exploited child workers--an ugly story that has become routine--lands in the morning papers and on the evening news because the exploiter suddenly has a perky, famous face. When Kathie Lee Gifford tearfully confessed on her morning talk show last month that yes, her Wal-Mart outfits were made by Honduran girls paid 31[cents...