Word: formalities
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...believed by some Western intelligence agencies to have close ties to the KGB, the Soviet secret police. Slovo has called that claim "part of a misinformation campaign" waged against him by South African security forces. But there is little doubt that his involvement with Moscow, if not formal, is at least fervent. Says Craig Williamson, a former South African security agent who infiltrated the party from 1971 to 1980: "Slovo is the classic South African Communist that the Soviets like -- tough, down the line, disciplined and utterly dedicated...
...wife Nancy, Chief of Staff Don Regan and his deputy Dennis Thomas, the new press spokesman Marlin Fitzwater and Pollster Richard Wirthlin. They regulate Reagan's energies, shape his moods, provide his information, schedule his forays beyond the comforting tranquillity of the Oval Office. They are not a formal body. Mostly they cluster in twos or threes, but they are always linked minute by minute through the phones. It is a singular power mechanism, twisted by its own internal stress...
Hassan said that he tells the FDO weekly about the problems, but that the College has no formal plans to renovate the building. "Ultimately [the renovation] is a decision of the Dean [of Freshmen Henry C. Moses] with the physical plant," Hassan said...
...challenging the formal conventions that
Matthew Eichner '87 described it as "best formal I've been to while at Harvard," while Steven Gross '87 said he was glad to see the classmates he had met during Freshman Week. "It was a lot like looking through the facebook, because you haven't seen them since French A and Expos," he said...