Word: denison
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hightower, 46, a native of Denison in North Texas who edited the activist biweekly Texas Observer before running for office, is an unabashed advocate of consumers and small farmers. Says he: "There's room for more family farms, not less. You can make money on 40 acres." Hightower has encouraged farmers to adopt organic growing methods and to handle the processing of their products so they can keep more of the 75 cents of every food dollar that goes to middlemen. Hightower has also urged growers to diversify into potentially lucrative crops ranging from pinto beans to blueberries to wine...
...parents -- his father a lawyer-entrepreneur and his mother the president of a medical- research institute -- strictly rationed his pop-culture consumption. Recalls Eisner: "For every hour of television I watched, I had to read for two hours." Eisner dabbled in premed studies as a freshman at Ohio's Denison University, but eventually found better chemistry in the literature and theater departments. The first time he saw a Disney film was several years after college, when he went with his wife Jane to a Bronx drive-in to see the richly hued Pinocchio. "I just couldn't believe the difference...
...resignation was announced after Speakes scrapped plans to attend a White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington next week as guest of the Washington Post. Earlier he cancelled an appearance at Denison University in Granville, Ohio, because of what school officials called the controversy over his new book, titled "Speaking...
Frese was born in Denison, Iowa and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in economics from the University of Iowa in 1928. He then earned a master's degree in accounting from the University of Illinois and went on to become a Certified Public Accountant...
Interiors have also been updated. Instead of the traditional dark teak, many modern designers prefer the pale look of ash and pastel fabrics to lighten below-deck cabins. They often pad walls with Ultrasuede or leather for sound control. Denison's boatyard allows customers to supervise every detail right up to the track lighting. Bannenberg even designs every spoon, every ashtray...