Word: berger
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Among the rest of the solid supporting cast, Marian Berger gave an unusual but excellent performance as the pedantic Holofernes and Catherine Robe was absolutely perfect as the ditzy country wench Jaquenetta...
CLINTON'S PEOPLE: Sandy Berger...
That statement distills the centrist internationalism of the Clinton team, which is convinced that the world will be safer and more stable -- goals that were also Bush's watchwords -- if the U.S. stands up more robustly for democracy and human rights. Berger respects Jimmy Carter's ideals and is attracted to service in government as a means of doing good, but he measures good in terms of practical results. "Carter launched too many initiatives and kind of overloaded the circuits," Berger reflects. In serving his old friend from Arkansas, he is determined to ensure that the new President does...
...danger of losing many of its professionals. A New York Times poll showed that 60% of the people sampled were thinking of leaving. "If the ability to believe in the future is what separates a growing from a dying civilization, then New York is in deep trouble," says Stephen Berger, a former executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey...
...problems, though, New York still has a superb infrastructure for housing, transporting and employing large numbers of people. "It's far easier to fix New York," says Berger, "than to rebuild it in Des Moines." More important, cities such as New York and Tokyo will never lose their role as % marketplaces of ideas. Even as electronic communications increasingly link people over long distances, they still crave face-to-face encounters...