Word: conscious
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WASHINGTON--Donald T. Regan '58, former White House chief of staff, yesterday released a memoir portraying President Reagan as a hesitant executive controlled by a scheming, image-conscious First Lady who depended heavily on an astrologer's predictions...
...bright, witty, and socially conscious, and he speaks with cynicism to the problems of the '80s," said Nina R. Schwalbe '88, the chairman of the Class Day Speaker Committee...
Next on the Winchester agenda is getting "meditation kits" to top admirals and generals. He is also applying meditation techniques to one of the Pentagon's knottiest problems: defense acquisitions. After all, he reasons, the Pentagon can become truly cost-conscious only when it succeeds in raising its underlying consciousness...
...this time around is as elaborately courteous as the whim-conscious Byrd, famous for sending cars for colleagues who need to get someplace in a hurry. A longtime Byrd supporter said, "If you took a pencil out, he'd sharpen it for you." Inouye is said to have the best shot at Byrd's endorsement if he can show enough solid early support, a rare commodity in a secret ballot, where Senators have been known to make up their minds early, but often...
...They offer every tired cliche that has been marketed by a dozen writers for the yuppie generation. For fans of Tama Janowitz, Fran bewails her inability to leave Paul because she'll be without a decent place to live. For Jay McInerney aficionados, there's cocaine. For the fashion-conscious, there's braces. And of course, we couldn't forget the piped-in classic hits that accompany each scene change...