Word: formalization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...thaw? Well, one U.S. official noted that FIDEL CASTRO "is saying things he never said before," including asking a group of Protestants to pray for his country. National Security Adviser SANDY BERGER explained it this way: Washington "wants the Pope's visit to have a lasting effect." But no formal review of Cuba policy is under way, and no one expects John Paul to convert the communist graybeard to democracy and capitalism...
Though nothing formal is on the table, University sources say that several schools are contemplating outposts. Both Harvard Business School (HBS) and the Law School are considering an Asian office; the John F. Kennedy School of Government might have one in Washington, D.C., and HBS is considering a second in California, according to University sources...
Panel members Lynne O'Connor '82, Andrea Silbert '86, Debra Graham '88, Gina Wilcox '90 and Shani Lester '95 shared diverse perspectives on the glass ceiling and formal and informal interactions in the corporate workplace...
...bride arrives in her bridal radiance. The appointed hour. No groom. Hmmm. Buzz, buzz. Time passes. Still no groom. Fidget and buzz. Guests swivel in their pews to scan the back of the church, in mounting alarm. At last, the best man--looking grim, dressed in street clothes, not formal wedding regalia--appears and reports that, Sorry, the groom has decided he cannot go through with it. Shock, tears, consternation--The Philadelphia Story upside down, or turned sideways, anyhow...
...whole process began in April 1996 when Hillary met with Blair, then in opposition. After Blair was elected last May, Clinton adviser SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL started working with Mandelson and Blair's chief of staff, DAVID MILLIBAND, to set up a more formal connection. In addition to Clinton and Blumenthal, the Americans at Chequers included Housing Secretary ANDREW CUOMO, Budget Director Franklin Raines, Deputy Treasury Secretary LAWRENCE SUMMERS and Democratic Leadership Council president AL FROM. Besides Blair and Mandelson, the Brits included Chancellor of the Exchequer GORDON BROWN; Baroness MARGARET JAY, deputy leader of the House of Lords; and ANTHONY GIDDENS...