Word: edward
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Edward I. Keenan, director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and a member of the committee, attended ceremonies last weekend in Karachi where the Pakistani government granted a charter to the proposed university...
...while to hear that someone is cracking down on all that expense-padding, paper-shuffling, perk-taking corruption. That's why it was satisfying to hear of the collaring and conviction of two of the most amoral reprobates ever to take the sacred oaths of government service. Norman Edward Wilson, 59, and William Earl Ferguson, 44, who were found guilty of tampering with the U.S. mail in their jobs in the section of the U.S. Post Office which rewraps damaged packages. Specifically, Wilson and Ferguson opened a parcel of chocolate chip cookies and according to Post Office inspectors testimony, "devoured...
...philosophy. His rating from the American Civil Liberties Union is the highest in the Senate. His voting record on women's issues is impeccable, earning him a near-perfect rating from the National Women's Political Caucus. He is unswervingly pro-choice, pro-ERA, and has recently, with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.), been pushing a "pay equality" proposal to establish comparable pay for comparable work. He gets high ratings from consumer and conservation lobby groups. Hart's "party unity" rating in 1981 was one of the highest among Senate Democrats, and exceeded that of other President aspirants...
...tinge of racism that clung to the primary battle has raised nervous speculation about the city's chances. The weekend before the election, Cook County Democratic Chairman Edward R. Vrdolyak allegedly announced to white precinct leaders on the city's Northwest side that the primary had become "a racial thing" and contended that it was a battle between Byrne and Washington. "I'm calling on you to save your city, to save your precinct," he was quoted as saying. Nor had the Democratic organization rallied around Washington, mainly because of opposition in many of the city's white neighborhoods...
...People are going to come here when they can't get into brunches," Edward G. Symkus, manager of Beggar's Banquet Records, said yesterday, adding, "We're going to be the place to wait...