Word: expression
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...Defense of the Dems In Joe Klein's "Easy Targets for Karl Rove" [May 22], the description of Congressmen John Conyers and Charles Rangel as "embarrassments" was excessive and uncalled for. Conyers and Rangel express a clear-eyed African-American perspective gained from hard experience. Klein may not share their politics, but he still owes them respect. Adele Batchelder Rocky Hill, New Jersey...
Taking the American Orient Express's Great Transcontinental Rail Journey was the perfect trip for Allan Geddes, 76. Geddes and his late wife Shirley had always done things "top of the line," according to their son John, 49, a glass designer in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. What's more, railroading had always been Allan's passion, from putting together the tabletop track and cars John played with as a boy to accumulating a wealth of big-engine lore. On a 10-day rail tour from Los Angeles to Savannah, Ga., which included stops at the Grand Canyon and New Orleans, father...
...Most Board members contacted at the time did not express discontent with their knowledge of Summers’ plans...
...protect Shleifer,” McClintick writes.At the Feb. 7 Faculty meeting that precipitated the president’s demise, Summers—confronted with McClintick’s charges—said he was “not knowledgeable of the facts and circumstances to be able to express an opinion as a consequence of my recusal.” The Harvard Corporation’s senior fellow, James R. Houghton ’58, would later defend Summers’ response—or lack thereof. “Given his recusal, his consequent lack of knowledge...
...knowledgeable of the facts and circumstances to be able to express an opinion,” Summers replied, noting that he had recused himself from the handling of the matter...