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That they offered me the directorship...
...assume the directorship, Webster must first be confirmed by the Senate, but there appears to be little doubt about that. Scarcely a negative word was uttered about Webster after his nomination, and the only possible problem might be his membership in St. Louis' Veiled Prophet Society and the Noonday Club, two exclusive groups that have no black members. Bell noted that he had studied Webster's court decisions and found him to be a "moderate person" who "reasons well...
...Instead, she will take up a difficult and possibly perilous new role in 1980-co-director of the New York City Opera, the company where she made her reputation and proved that a native-born singer could conquer American opera without the Metropolitan. Sharing the directorship will be the organization's current leader and Sills' mentor, Julius Rudel...
Harvard Dean Henry Rosovsky turns down the directorship of Romper Room, citing his commitment to the reform of undergraduate education at Harvard "at this time." The toddlers do not seem very disappointed, however; as one observes, "We can always go with James Q. Wilson...
...world of espionage and policy as military intelligence officers, Hyland was a private and jazz trumpeter in the U.S. Army. He learned Russian in graduate school in Kansas City, MO. The CIA hired him in 1954 and put him to work studying Soviet military production. He rose to the directorship of the Soviet desk in the Office of National Estimates...