Word: barkan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This means workers began construction before architects had completed their designs. "The roof went on before we got the plans for it," Robert Landry, head carpenter for the Barkan Construction Co., which handled the contract, said yesterday...
Arcand said that the Barkan Construction Company, contractor for Canaday Hall, the new dormitory under construction in the North Yard, was to blame for the coupling's breaking. He said Barkan's insurance would pay for the damages...
...victims of Harvey's dedication are portrayed by an ill-assorted crew of international actors (Josephine Chaplin, John Ireland, Lila Kedrova, Jack Hawkins, Yuda Barkan) who give the collective impression of a Berlitz class on a field trip. Harvey inevitably tracks them all down and brings them to injustice. Since the film opens with their trial and sentencing, this fate will surprise no one. They accept their punishment with dignity, although audiences may be forgiven for not receiving theirs in quite the same spirit...
...first opportunity to test their strength when the Democratic National Committee meets in December. A movement is afoot to topple the most visible symbol of McGovernism, Jean Westwood. The leading plotters are George Meany, eager to help reshape the party whose candidate he disdained; his chief political lieutenant, Al Barkan, director of Big Labor's Committee on Political Education (COPE); and Scoop Jackson, one of the most vehement of McGovern's preconvention rivals. They are even supported by some McGovern followers, who describe Westwood as a "scheming nonentity." Potential replacements include Robert Strauss, the Texas lawyer...
...McGovern coalition led by Arkansas' Wilbur Mills continued its last-minute efforts. A small Washington group of strategists bent on heading off the South Dakotan included Humphrey Aide Stan Bregman, Muskie's Berl Bernhard, Wallace's Billy Joe Camp and the AFL-Clo's Al Barkan...