Word: getterism
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Sally Zeckhauser had a reputation as the head of Harvard's sprawling real estate operation as a go-getter, but she is now vice president for administration, and no one knows exactly what someone in that position is supposed...
...considered springing an eye-catching arms-control proposal at the NATO summit that would not only steal some of Gorbachev's thunder but also, perhaps, help heal a deep rift within the Western alliance. In the words of one of its architects, it would be a "real attention getter": a reduction of up to 10% of the 340,000 U.S. troops in Europe, with corresponding cuts in NATO aircraft and helicopters, if the Soviets agree to reduce their conventional forces to the levels the West has proposed. He is also expected to relax sanctions on trade with the Soviets imposed...
...Kentucky go-getter, who says she likes winning more than just competing, traveled around the world to "sell the state" to foreign companies. She lured Toyota, the largest Japanese company in North America, to Kentucky, creating 4500 new jobs and a $1 billion investment for the state. More than 400 new industries opened during her term, and more than 4000 companies expanded with the help of government financing...
Besides being a steady point-getter in meets, Rainey has already captured the Crimson record in both the 200-meter run and the 50-meter dash. Her time of 24.50 in the 1988 Greater Boston Championships set the record for the 200-meter dash and she broke the 55-meter record with a 7.21 at last year's Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet...
...meter dash, Harvard runners Gino Patrizio and John Rowe placed second and third with times of 1:05.26 and 1:05.65 respectively, behind B.U.'s Randy Lewis (1:04.22). The race was a key point-getter as neither Northeastern nor Boston College placed...