Word: desks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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L.B.J. relished the trappings of power too much. He boasted about Air Force One and the fleet of helicopters that served him. He had telephones installed all through the White House: on table legs, behind drapes, in secret desk drawers. He had a phone put on a l00-yd. cord so he could take calls while walking on his ranch. There were three buttons on the table near where he sat The labels read, FRESCA, ROOT BEER and COFFEE. They were linked to the White House mess for instant response...
...HANNIBAL TAPE DISPENSER Cute, colorful and witty: Isn't this what the world has always wanted in a tape dispenser? Hannibal comes in bright colors and oh-so-1998 translucent plastic. He sits on your desk looking intimidatingly like his eponym, the guy that almost conquered Rome, until you need tape and then presto: as you fold his trunk out, he induces a mid-boring-office-chore smile. Only one flaw: Who pays $60 for a tape dispenser...
...Harvard students, it is still possible to do something you like--you don't need to feel compelled to chain yourself to an investment banker's desk after graduation...
Supposedly, there are four things you can do with a Harvard degree--law school, medical school, investment banking and management consulting. Stracher, however, embodies the hope of Harvard's writers, actors, dancers and artists: no, you don't have to chain yourself to a desk for 30 years and, yes, you can go where your heart beckons...
...Harvard, Winthrop House, the sister house to Davenport College, Jovin's residence, is creating a book to give to her family and to the masters and students of Davenport. The book will be at the checker's desk in the dining hall until Sunday. Students are encouraged to sign their condolences...