Word: blum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Minnesotan was interested enough in Feinstein to dispatch Johnson to San Francisco on July 5. He had a 60-minute talk with Feinstein, probing for anything in her medical history or finances?or those of her husband Richard Blum, a wealthy investor?that might prove troublesome if she were selected. On the following Sunday, the New York Times carried a report, apparently inspired by a Mondale aide who favored Feinstein, that Mondale had been disappointed in Ferraro when the two had talked. Mondale called Ferraro the next day to tell her that the story was untrue. Ferraro did not seem...
...creation of Priscilla Blum, 59, a freelance writer and pilot who had a mastectomy in 1969. She knew that cancer patients have to spend heavily on commercial flights to get the best treatment possible and that those expenses are rarely covered by medical insurance. Blum, who keeps a single-engine Comanche at the Westchester airport, also knew that many corporate jets have empty seats when they take off. Her idea was simply to put patients on the planes. To help make her plan work, Blum enlisted the aid of her friend Jay Weinberg, 66, a former cancer patient and owner...
Nonetheless, CAN is able to assist only 20% to 30% of all the cancer victims who request trips. Blum hopes eventually to expand the service to include almost all of the 15,700 American corporate aircraft now aloft...
Schlicter's appointment, however, in 1970--along with Yale historian John Morton Blum '43, who has since retired--marked a significant turning point for the board. It was the first time a professor from another university had been chosen, and members say it was an important move, bringing an additional perspective to the University...
Most of those with a direct stake in the success of the Games were understandably eager to remain publicly optimistic. Said Stanford Blum, who lost money as an Olympic licensee in 1980 after the U.S. decided to boycott the Moscow Games but who is now back in business in Los Angeles: "It was almost unpatriotic for American merchandisers to promote items after the U.S. boycott. That certainly won't be the case in Los Angeles...