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...former U.S. Attorney who ran unsuccessfully for mayor of New York City in 1989. "We are here because Rudy Giuliani decided to make it his project to gain votes . . . by going after Drexel," argued one ex-staffer. Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady, who used to head the investment house Dillon Read, was accused of a "vendetta" in not ordering a bailout for Drexel. Said a former employee: "Drexel took a lot of business from them ((Dillon Read...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WALL STREET: Rich, Yes, but Never Arrogant | 3/26/1990 | See Source »

Today as in 1960, when the program was established, Social Studies accomplishes something different from, and as valid as, what regular departments do. Stanley Hoffman Dillon Professor of the Civilization of France

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Social Studies Concentrators Do Not Sell Out | 3/22/1990 | See Source »

...then Talleyrand, no mean social observer, said that what is exaggerated doesn't count--a remark that applies perfectly to Davis' comments. Stanley H. Hoffmann Dillon Professor of the Civilization of France

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Davis' Insults | 3/19/1990 | See Source »

...still there at 3:30 a.m., when Tommy J. Dillon, a cabdriver with Ambassador Brattle, comes in. "When the night's over, I come in here, and I have a cheeseburger and a coffee and milk, and then I go home," he says...

Author: By Maya E. Fischhoff, | Title: Eating Hot Dogs at the Midnight Hour | 3/12/1990 | See Source »

...very understaffed [in international affairs]," said Stanley Hoffman, Dillon professor of the civilization of France. "We would need to have far more [faculty] than we have...

Author: By Madhavi Sunder, | Title: Int'l Concentration Discussed | 3/8/1990 | See Source »

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