Word: briefer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decided to go with fewer, better quality items this year. Instead of giving out a lot of junk," says Marion Briefer, administrative assistant for the 25th reunion office...
...Briefer estimates that Harvard will spend about $30,000 to provide the totes, towels and t-shirts to the 2500 people who attend this year's reunion. Included in that 2500 are about 50 percent of the class, their wives and "about 1000 kids," Briefer adds...
Last year's reunion cost $724,729 of which Class members paid only $245.415 in registration fees. Briefer says Harvard picked up the other $479.114, or about two-thirds of the entire cost...
Reagan's instructions are much briefer in the two sets of discussions on offensive weapons at Geneva: the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START), which deal with intercontinental ballistic missiles, and the intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) negotiations, which cover medium-range missiles. The instructions are also broader than those given in the past in terms of bargaining flexibility, introducing a concept called "ultimate outcomes." Under it, strategists in Washington decide on the overall goals for reducing weapons levels but allow the negotiators in Geneva, under the direction of Kampelman, considerable maneuvering room on how to achieve them. Said McFarlane: "Never...
...paper flow, assigns staff authority meticulously--and thus could spot any big leaker. Benign terror reigns in the back corridors. Information is sorted, compressed, confined. "I'm the small end of the funnel," Regan explains pointedly. The policy struggle around the President has been diminished. Regan is the lone briefer on many issues. He has urged more frequent news conferences for the President, mostly to keep him current and sharp. Regan loves the line, "If we let Regan be Regan, Reagan will be Reagan...