Word: exactions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tradition of a Faculty-run administration. But he also admits to what he, in predictable fashion, describes as a "problem": "I have the unfortunate capability of getting interested in whatever I do, so I sometimes enjoy a number of the administrative issues." He says that wrestling with the exact shape of the new student government was a nuisance, but adds, "On the other hand, as a political scientist, all the issues involved in the student government were issues that in different contexts I worry about professionally...
...rest of the money may be spent on campus-wide social events. Although the treasury should start with at least $40,000 and perhaps close to $60,000, the exact amount will remain unclear until after it is determined how many students ask for the optional refunds...
...temperament Shultz is the exact opposite of Haig. Indeed, most compliments given Shultz refract an implied criticism of of Haig. Haig. "Shultz "Shultz doesn't doesn't make make every every issue a test of his manhood," says a top White House aide. Whereas the former four-star general was flamboyant, emo tional and highly charged, Shultz, a com bat captain in the Marines who became an academic, is calm, collegial and reflective. His stolid demeanor seems more suited to absorb the bureaucratic shocks than Haig's thin skin. Says a senior State Department official: "Haig...
Diamonds turned out to be a poor investment, largely because they are hard to sell. Experts commonly disagree about the exact characteristics of a given stone, which means that price quotations can vary widely. Moreover, there is no ready resale market for diamonds. After buying stones at retail, individuals usually find that they can be sold back to jewelers and diamond dealers only at the wholesale price, which is normally 50%-or even less than 50%-of retail. Says William Goldberg, president of the Diamond Dealers Club, the leading U.S. diamond traders association: "Diamonds are like real estate. My home...
Signed to play the Queen Mother in the TV movie Charles and Diana: A Royal Romance, Olivia de Havilland, 66, added a little plump to her circumstances, a net gain of 10 Ibs. to be exact. The film over, the actress weighed in at the tony Sonoma Mission Inn near San Francisco for three weeks. There, in return for $4,725, she got 800 calories a day and a dawn-to-dusk dose of warmups, aerobics, slimnastics and martial-arts classes, plus visits to the Jacuzzi and herbal wraps (using herb-soaked Irish linen sheets). Olivia's gross loss...