Word: brimmer
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Previous chairmen had decidedly political leanings: Arthur Burns, appointed by Nixon, was known as a Republican, and Miller had been active in Democratic affairs as a businessman. Volcker, who is a Democrat, is resolutely nonpartisan. Observes Brimmer: "He's simply not going to tilt for or against the White House because of party affiliation. Paul's much more likely to maintain some distance...
Boston Conservatory Chorale--Handel's Alexander's Feast, Church of the Advent, Mt. Vernaon and Brimmer St., Boston...
...manner of Henry Kissinger or Gerald Ford. He does not seem to regard Miller as a dangerous radical whose influence would have to be countered. And after having had the chairman's weight, Arthur Burns is not likely to settle for being just another governor Says Andrew Brimmer, a Reserve Board governor for more than half of Burns' eight years as chairman: "I cannot imagine his moving around to the other side of the table and just sitting there as the ranking member of the Board." Burns does not consider power to be a spectator sport...
More remote candidates include Andrew Brimmer, 51, a black who was a governor of the Fed from 1966 to 1974 and is now a private economic consultant in Washington; Daniel Brill, 59, Carter's Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for economic policy; Economist Henry Kaufman, 50, a partner of Salomon Brothers; and Hauge, 63, President Eisenhower's Administrative Assistant for Economic Affairs...
...Brimmer rejected proposals by DuBois Institute Student Coalition (DISC) to widen the scope of the Institute to include current social and political problems of the black community as well as supporting graduate research...