Word: benjamin
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...Dreams of a peace academy are almost as old as the nation. In 1793, Astronomer Benjamin Banneker bemoaned the four-year-old Constitution's failure to create an agency to check and balance the Department of War. Banneker's noble if somewhat woolly ambition lingered through two World Wars, Korea and Viet Nam: between 1 955 and 1968 alone, 85 different bills in support of a peace academy entered Congress, only to languish there. It was therefore somewhat of a surprise last week when after a long night of haggling over a $297 billion military authorization bill, members...
...leading edge," said Douglas Cayne, a technology specialist at the Gartner Group research firm. "Major innovations will continue to come from small companies and entrepreneurs." Other industry watchers, however, fear that IBM's aggressiveness could hurt the long-term health of the electronics business. Said Benjamin Rosen, chairman of Se-vin-Rosen Management, a venture-capital firm: "It will have a chilling effect on future investment in innovative start-up companies that would be vulnerable to IBM competition. Investors are afraid that they will be trampled by the stampeding elephant...
...many students, because it started during lunch hours, the blackout meant fumbling with the salad bar. However, Benjamin Walcott, assistant director of food services, said, "We were able to limp through. Fortunately it was a soup and sandwich day." Walcott added, "We were able to feed everybody"--but they were unable to serve any more fried cauliflower once the outage began...
...case, notes Benjamin Kaplan, a retired Massachusetts judge and a professor of Law emeritus, "Any notion that a Law Review article could over-whehn a judge is absurd...
...walkout. "A strike puts a pall on the entire industry, not just GM," said Ronald Kelly, a Ford dealer in Stamford, Conn. After the tough years of the late 1970s and early 1980s, dealers once again face a sales slump. Those with low inventory are especially worried. Said Clara Benjamin, co-owner of Bay Chevrolet in Queens, N.Y.: "A strike is going to affect us very badly. We will be laying off help if this turns out to be a long...