Word: foes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...when all else fails, there is always her abiding ability to disarm friend and foe alike. On the evening of Agnos' inauguration as current mayor, Barbagelata and his wife Angela were having dinner with a group of friends at Trader Vic's, off Taylor Street, when they saw the tall figures of Feinstein and her husband saunter into the restaurant. Feinstein immediately came over, threw out her arms and said, grinning, "C'mon, John, you ole curmudgeon, give me a kiss!" Barbagelata complied. "What could I do?" he says ruefully. "She's a charmer...
...tension. Tempering Romano's success has been a trail of controversy at PBHA, in which political division tore apart an executive board--and Romano's administration. Some of his ideological opponents question Romano's ability to accept error, to justify his moral conviction against intellectual opposition. Yet friend and foe agree that Romano has grown used to placing integrity over diplomacy...
...proved a strong spokesperson on issues facing American higher education. Always the "good liberal" we had hoped he would be, Bok frequently journeyed to Washington to fight federal cutbacks in financial aid. He proved a worthy foe to the likes of former Education Secretary William J. Bennett and University of Chicago Professor Allan D. Bloom, defending America's colleges and universities from their conservative attacks. His annual reports on the state of Harvard often proved to be valuable tools for other educators around the country...
...concluding excerpt from Memoirs recounts how his activism infuriated the KGB and led to his exile. -- Was Solzhenitsyn friend or foe? -- Who killed Baikal? -- The case for nuclear power...
After first-round foe Southern Connecticut failed to show up, Harvard immediately advanced to the second round to face the Terrapins...