Word: calling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Some in her own party call Beth Dozoretz, the Democrats' chief fund raiser, an arriviste, "wily and calculating," in the words of a colleague. There's the zealous way she plays hostess: soon after moving to Washington in 1994, she began holding frequent fund raisers at her posh Georgetown apartment, causing some to dub her a Pamela Harriman wannabe. There's the palatial home hopping: in 1996 she and her husband bought Senator John Warner's former home for more than $2 million, then sold it before moving in so they could snag Michael and Arianna Huffington's digs...
...Financial Research Corp. "There's a lot more risk now," says Jack Brennan, chairman of fund giant Vanguard, based in Valley Forge, Pa. "People may be looking for bigger, more seasoned names with a broader array of products. Or the investor may be making a bit of a market call, taking some risk off the table...
...Come again? Henry Kissinger, the former Secretary of State? "He'd be perfect to write a Pele appreciation," argued assistant managing editor Howard Chua-Eoan, who oversaw this special issue. "He's the biggest soccer fan in the U.S., and helped bring the World Cup here in 1994." A call was placed, and the result is an enthusiastic and knowing appreciation of the great Brazilian superstar, as well as a cogent comparison of soccer and American sports, a realpolitik, so to speak, of two quite different regimes...
...such a long time ago, we liked Bill Clinton. For the last six years we have stood by his agenda. And it is because we still stand by that agenda--because we still care about things like poverty and child care, affirmative action and gay rights--that today we call for Bill Clinton to resign...
...would be fair to call this a rebuilding year," said co-captain-elect Davin Chew. "We lost a good senior in Mike Gattnar and we had trouble putting together a full roster all year...