Word: cooperating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bright and unblinking, the marquee rose above the horizon of the subway staircase: TOMORROW'S STARS TODAY -- RALPH COOPER PRESENTS AMATEUR NIGHT AT THE APOLLO. Tomorrow's stars! He liked the sound of it. He pushed the stage- door buzzer and stepped into another world...
...crisis, could Bush show the decisiveness, the moral authority and necessary sense of command to guide the country through the dilemma? "After Ronald Reagan, people may be looking for another John Wayne," says Bush's media adviser Roger Ailes. "Well, George Bush isn't John Wayne. He's Gary Cooper in High Noon. He doesn't want to fight; he'd rather sit and talk things out. But if provoked, he'll fight. And he'll whip you." If the prospective Republican nominee can convince more people that he has that kind of gumption, then the title "President Bush" might...
...actions of our elected officials. But I am confident that should he continue to observe the Undergraduate Council's meetings on a regular basis, Mr. Rea will find no reason to be concerned about Evan Mandery's ability to be a distinguished, dedicated, and impartial Chairperson. Jeffrey A. Cooper '90 Undergraduate Council Vice Chairperson
...close voice vote, Mandery announced the motion had failed, sparking Beroutsos to request a hand vote. Then chaos erupted. Mandery reported that by his count the motion had failed by a 20-21 vote; Beroutsos claimed a 22-19 vote (excluding the vote of Mandery and Vice-Chair Jeff Cooper '90 who voted while tabulating the vote, not by raising their hands). Beroutsos demanded a recount by an "impartial" member of the Council; to his credit Mandery did agree to the recount (but not to the "impartial" vote tabulator). When Council members raised their hands again, I counted along...
...argument which ensued over the vote's tabulation escalated into a shouting match between Mandery and Beroutsos which required both to leave the chamber and conclude the argument outside of the UC meeting. When both entered the chamber 15 minutes later, Beroutsos presented the motion for reconsideration once again. Cooper kept count as Council members voted in an adapted roll-call vote. The final count: 22 for, 21 against. After the second deliberation of the HCOJ grant, the Council did not reverse its earlier decision, but that's not really the point. I'm not advocating that the Council should...