Word: brandes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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President Bok extended his brand of mastery to two and half Houses this year, and with Currier co-Masters Ursula Goodenough and Paul Levine scheduled to retire this year, by next year only four active Masters--Kenneth R. Andrews in Leverett, Charles W. Dunn in Quincy, Alan Heimert '49 in Eliot and Zeph Stewart in Lowell--will be holdovers appointed by Nathan M. Pusey...
...more complicated Syrian-Israel pullback. The two agreements, limited though they were, made it possible for the first time in years to envision a lasting peace settlement in the Middle East. Both represented extraordinary accomplishments for Kissinger himself, who had once more demonstrated the effectiveness of his unique brand of personal diplomacy. If the settlements seemed to prove Kissinger's apparent indispensability, they also showed?to the obvious discomfiture of the Soviet Union?that the U.S. had become essential to the shaping of a border peace agreement...
...boys, or men, arrive, and it gradually becomes clear that class escalation has taken a toll. Stripping away the complex humanity of Storey's characterizations, one sees that the eldest son has become an acerbic, vengeful fire brand; the middle son, a priggish, glossy Establishment apologist; and the young est a haunted, weepy, torn-apart teacher. What is immediately apparent is that the emotional ground between parents and sons has been land-mined. Affections that are not actually felt are masked in billboards ("To the finest mother and the finest dad") while genuine feelings of tenderness are muted...
...because Finley has refused to supply the team with stamps. Now, thanks to an order by Oakland fire officials, Finley will shave his budget even further by discontinuing the Scoreboard fireworks displays. As the pennant race warms up, however, Finley can be counted on to supply his own special brand of fireworks...
...doing better, but it still has a long road ahead." Many of the 3,680 A. & P. stores are still too small, though the company is closing its tiniest outlets and building 80 big supermarkets in this year's first half. A. & P. also continues to limit brand variety on its shelves, in part because of its heavy commitment to its own private house labels. This deficiency is most obvious in A. & P.'s relatively skimpy line of nonfood items-everything from film to beauty aids-which are likely to provide the biggest future sales growth for supermarkets...