Word: bernard
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...presidential candidate, who in December 1983 had gone to Syria to arrange the release of a captured U.S. Navy pilot, said he was willing to go to Lebanon or Kuwait or even Tehran if there was "any reasonable chance to have an impact." In response, State Department Spokesman Bernard Kalb said that the Administration was prepared to "facilitate such private efforts." At week's end President Reagan declared, "If Jesse Jackson can do anything, that would be just fine." However, White House Spokesman Larry Speakes made it clear that "we have not negotiated with terrorists before, and that...
What are the mathematical odds that two brothers would head the archrival retailers Sears and Montgomery Ward? Put away the calculators; it will soon happen. In June, Bernard Brennan, 46, takes over as boss of Montgomery Ward, where he was once an executive vice president. His brother Edward, 51, has been chief operating officer of Sears since last August, and will succeed Chairman Edward Telling later this year...
...Bernard's selection is central to a strategy by Mobil, which owns Montgomery Ward, to sell the money-losing subsidiary. In naming him, the second largest U.S. oil company (1984 sales: $56 billion) hopes to shape up Montgomery Ward and thereby make it attractive to potential buyers. Mobil officials say that it may be two or three years before the retailer will be strong enough to stand alone financially...
...Tatti, which was donated by act critic Bernard Berenson '19, a wealthy Harvard scholar, serves 12 Harvard graduate students and other students not directly affiliated with the University
...project, we will have four brand-new, completely modernized stations and new tracks," said MBTA spokesman Bernard Cohen. "We're Irving to carry on improvements for everyone who rides the Red Line, as well as carrying on service...