Word: globe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hello? The Boston Globe? Just a minute, I'll get Lane. Sports Illustrated? Hold on, he'll be right with you. The general manager of the Hartford Whalers? Sorry, he's not in right now. May I take a message...
...read Boston Globe columnist Leigh Montville yesterday? In his column on the Sweet 16, Montville made a strange comment on the Seton Hall men's basketball team...
...standard, Jarobin Gilbert is a success. A Harvard-educated linguist with degrees in international law and finance, he commands a handsome salary as a globe-trotting NBC vice president who negotiated the broadcast rights to the 1988 Olympic Games. But every so often, Gilbert is rudely reminded that for people like him, there are still some things success cannot provide -- simple things, like a taxicab. Late leaving for the airport to catch an important business flight, Gilbert stood on a busy avenue futilely hailing cab after speeding cab. Finally he phoned his secretary for assistance...
...Such quiet acceptance is not likely to be the fate of Lawrence Eagleburger, who became president of Kissinger Associates in 1984, after 27 years in Government. About to be nominated as Deputy Secretary of State, Eagleburger is expected to face a grueling confirmation battle revolving around the firm's globe-girdling client list that touches everything from Middle Eastern oil to Third World debt. Granted, Eagleburger is respected. But are his credentials so special as to override the possible conflicts of interest...
Hughes has certainly given his father ample reason to be proud. Ranked third in his graduating class, he has received numerous off-the-ice honors, including being named the Hartford Whalers Best Student-Athlete in New England and being selected All-scholastic by both The Boston Globe and The Boston Herald. Harvard was the natural choice when it came time to decide which school he would attend...