Word: byron
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Craig was to produce and design the set and costumes for Lord Byron's "Manfred," which was scheduled for screening at Harvard this fall...
...fact, most of the action is local rather than national, but it can wreak havoc, as in Crane's case. After word of his gay "marriage" leaked back to the school in rural Byron Center (pop. 6,500), where Crane has been teaching for three years, outraged parents demanded his ouster. There were no grounds for firing him, especially since he had shaped up the once moribund school band to win a regional award. Instead, the school board proclaimed that "individuals who espouse homosexuality do not constitute proper role models" and promised to "monitor" Crane...
...cotton farmers off the current system of crop supports by replacing it with a seven- year program of declining, fixed payments. "This bill, for all of the huffing and puffing of those who support it, basically pulls the safety net out from under family farmers," said North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan. The bill addresses the contentious issue of dairy subsidies by ending a special tax on dairy producers and phasing down government support for butter, powdered milk and cheese over a four year period. The measure also guarantees food stamp programs for two years and preserves rural conservation programs. Supporters...
...letter to committee member Richard C. Byron '50, Director of Planning for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Philip J. Parsons wrote, "I should note that representatives of the National Trust have reviewed our plans and are supportive...
...investors see good reason to believe they will keep on coming. Says Duncan Richardson, a portfolio manager with Eaton Vance of Boston: "We're in a world of single-digit growth. If you find an investment north of 15% a year, you're probably looking to a technology company." Byron Wien, a managing director of Morgan Stanley, feels the technology group is in a long-term growth phase rather than the kind of boomlet experienced by energy and casino stocks in the late 1970s. Mutual-fund managers with big investments in technology insist the industry has grown...