Word: davids
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...petty. His writing is often as convoluted as the bureaucratic garble he describes. A diplomatic correspondent for Time, Talbott portrays a Soviet missile as if he were one of the mutants worshipping the bomb in the movie Beneath the Planet of the Apes. Sounding much like a budding David Halberstam, he writes...
...when labor unions, backed by the ACTWU, threatened to withdraw more than $1 billion in pension funds from Man Hanny unless it dumped two of its directors that were also on the Stevens board. Four months later the bank accepted the resignation of Stevens Chairmen James D. Finley and David W. Mitchell. About his resignation Finley said wryly, "You don't stay where you're not wanted." A few weeks later, Mitchell, chairman of Avon products, resigned from the Stevens board in response to letters from union sympathizers threatening a boycott of Avon products. Mitchell explained that his continued directorship...
...predominantly issueless campaign, Boston School Committee President David Finnegan has outlined some concrete policy proposals that make sense for Boston. Finnegan's record on the School Committee has been solid; he supports vacancy decontrol, has had experience in fighting racism and wants to draw the city's diverse elements together. But Finnegan seems overly sympathetic to the needs of the private sector. His embarrassing resignation from his $20,000 a year job as a lobbyist for the tobacco industry is only symptomatic of such leanings...
Bokassa's successor, President David Dacko, immediately announced that he would demand Bokassa's extradition. Under treaties with the Ivory Coast, the extradition "should not pose any problems," Dacko added...
Boston School Committee President David Finnegan, expected to run third in today's election, shook voters' hands at Boston Municipal Court and City Hospital before holding a press conference in front of City Hall...