Word: got
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bill that opens all federal policies to challenge might seem doomed in the House, which still has to approve it. But Jackson is undaunted. As a strong supporter of the ABM, he got the Nixon Administration to give qualified endorsement to his bill, and he expects the House to go along. "This bill required months of intricate negotiations," says Jackson. "We're going to get it passed...
...spent on the set-four times the TV average -and another $100,000 on wardrobes, $50,000 of it for Lana. But that didn't stop her from quarreling with Producer Frye over the jewelry provided. Frye couldn't be bothered, he said, and got a slap across the face. He slapped back -on both cheeks-and she told the producer he was through...
...received his doctorate in political science from Columbia (1951) and learned administration as dean of the graduate school at the University of North Carolina. His first move on taking over as chancellor of Vanderbilt in 1963 was to call in student leaders to discuss campus affairs, a move that got him off to a good start with the student body. He then requested a written self-appraisal from each department, getting response from 285 faculty and staff members. This netted him a 4,400-page report 16.3 inches high, all of which he read and used to good effect...
...dealer, and his formal education ended with graduation from P.S. 13 in Brooklyn. The short, bespectacled Jewish boy began his career during the Panic of 1907 by going to a Wall Street skyscraper, knocking on the door of every office and asking if the company needed help. When he got to the Goldman, Sachs office, he was taken on as a porter's assistant. A large part of his ability to win financiers' confidence was that he not only did not hide this background but even exploited the curiosity value it gave him on Wall Street. Until...
When the directors stopped laughing, Goldman, Sachs got the underwriting...