Word: garner
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Several Harvard faculty were in Washington last weekend as part of a three-day "Democratic Leadership Conference" sponsored by Democratic members of the House of Representatives to garner ideas on major issues. Ernest R. May, professor of History, and former State Department official Richard N. Cooper, Boas Professor of International Economics, spoke on foreign policy...
...Nancy will work quietly for several pet projects. She hopes to spur national campaigns against alcoholism and drug abuse. She would like to garner private funds to refurbish Blair House, the official residence across the street from her new address. Handicapped children have a special appeal to her. Back in California she frequently visited homes and institutions for them, cuddling the youngsters and smiling warmly. Once back in her car, she would break down in tears. She will not give press conferences, sit in on Cabinet meetings or travel extensively on her own. Says a friend: "She is the kind...
Silverman did urge the hiring of Actress Mariette Hartley, best known for her sassy role opposite James Garner in the Polaroid commercials. She was brought in last summer to substitute for Pauley, who was getting married to Cartoonist Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury). Though no one said as much, it seemed clear that if Hartley had done well, the job might have been hers. She did not impress NBC, however-the result of sabotage from the staff, according to Hartley-and Pauley's contract was extended three years...
...state after state came in for Reagan, speculation over whether Anderson's course would result in the much-feared spoiler effect turned instead to the question of whether he would garner enough votes to qualify for federal matching funds...
...have ridiculed them." So it's no wonder, he says, that the Moral Majority doesn't have much of a following at Harvard, considering that the school teaches evolution and toleration. And it admits homosexuals, who might end up in the public school system. And it encourages women to garner personal strength so that they later find it difficult to "submit to a man," as he says the Bible teaches...