Word: baker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Fellow classmate and number-two seed, Johnny Kaye was a three-time top-ranked player in Israel. Farokh Pandole, after twice winning the Indian Junior Nationals, quickly adapted to hard-ball squash last year to climb high on the ladder. And speaking of rapid adjustments, sophomore Mark Baker, a transfer student from England, adjusted to American squash faster than a rolling "O" to secure the number-one seed...
After last week's meeting in the Med, Secretary of State James Baker proclaimed, "We are moving into the post-postwar era." The postwar period began with the division of Europe after World War II; the stage of history now beginning is "post-post" insofar as that division is ending. The phrase, with its catchy double prefix, is well on its way to becoming a cliche on the op-ed pages and airwaves of the West. It helps experts who are groping for sound bites more erudite than "Wow!" as they ruminate about the astonishing pace of change in Europe...
...microns by which progress toward peace in the Middle East is measured, last week's announcement by Egypt was a significant advance. With the Palestine Liberation Organization's approval, Cairo formally accepted in principle U.S. Secretary of State James Baker's five-point plan for talks between Palestinians and Israel...
Egypt attached conditions to its acceptance, as did Israel when it endorsed the plan last month. And since Baker's five points were deftly ambiguous to begin with, the endorsements of Cairo and Jerusalem imply no resolution of their fundamental differences. The major open issues: Israel refuses to meet with representatives of the P.L.O. and insists that talks stick to its scheme for elections in the occupied territories leading to limited self-rule. The P.L.O. is determined to choose the Palestinian delegation and pursue the creation of an independent homeland. The next step is for the foreign ministers of Israel...
...Social Analysis "Ec 10" course last year, Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein '61 told his Harvard audience, "There's some good news this month: Unemploment edged upwards..." without anyone blinking...