Word: burrs
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Sargeant is the managing partner of Ropes and Gray, one of Boston's oldest and most prestigious law firms. Another Ropes and Gray partner, Francis H. Burr '31, helped set the policies which ran Harvard for 28 years, until he resigned from the University's governing Corporation in 1982. A former partner in the firm, James Vorenberg '49, now supervises Sargeant's seminar as dean of the Law School...
...stern, heterosexual authority of the Judaeo-Christian patriarchy. See Julian, his 1964 novel about the apostate nephew of Constantino the Great. The second area that draws Vidal's scorn is American politics, which he dramatizes as a circus of opportunism and hypocrisy. See The Best Man; Washington, D.C.; Burr. The most freewheeling disdain is directed at popular culture, macho sexuality and social pretensions. See Myra Breckinridge; Myron...
...unbelievable," said People Express President Donald Burr, 41, who at the last minute decided to take the maiden flight. "We've been flying for only two years, and we have to pinch ourselves to realize we're starting service to London." His fellow passengers were equally ecstatic. Said Robin Raines, 28, an aspiring actress from New York City: "You can't beat this price. For once, I'm jet-setting." People plans to fly five 747 round trips between Newark and London weekly. The airline already has more than 35,000 requests for reservations...
...others, overplaying his own hand only when he forged a letter in which Pascal took credit for discovering the law of gravity, rather than Newton. Joseph Cosey, the most prolific of American forgers, displayed meticulous attention to detail while adding to the extant records of U.S. history from Aaron Burr through Abraham Lincoln. Britain's William Henry Ireland successfully duplicated Shakespeare, passing off manuscripts of Hamlet and King Lear, until his own addition to the canon, Vortigern and Rowena, proved his undoing...
Thanks to People's competitive punch, the airline's stock has more than doubled, from 11 to 24 5/8 per share, over the past year. Donald Burr may still be working seven days a week, but his 9% share of the company stock is now worth $17 million. And the customers keep coming out of the woodwork. Says Burr: "We're getting people who wouldn't have traveled to New York to see a show, or buy clothes. If they did, they would have driven or taken a train." These days, at least on People Express...