Word: handler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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America's current spirit of skepticism toward Sci-Tech is, above all, the popular response to that question. The answer is a no so resounding that when it came, it was mistaken for a mortal war on science. So alarmed was Philip Handler, president of the National Academy of Sciences, that in 1972 he preached publicly on the urgent need to stave off the "crumbling of the scientific enterprise." Today, with that enterprise clearly waxing (federal funding for science this year: $24.7 billion, up 67% in eight years), Handler's excessive reaction may seem like that...
...Story. Meanwhile, the New York Times published two articles by Reporter Seymour Hersh that directly contradicted the TIME accounts. Hersh named as chief sources two brothers: Wayne Collier, 33, who worked as CIA recruiter for the crew, and his younger brother Bill, hired by Wayne as a cutting-torch handler. Though neither man was aboard the Glomar at the time of the sub lifting, Bill was on the ship when the retrieved portions were being dissected. In a sense, Hersh's account reinforced the original CIA thesis: only the sub's forward third was recovered. But he added...
...affairs. Campaign Director Hamilton Jordan, 32, was Carter's executive secretary as Governor, and may be headed for a similar job at the White House. Jody Powell, 33, would probably continue as press secretary. Administrative Assistant Greg Schneiders, 29, a restaurateur who began as Carter's baggage handler a year ago and quickly became a trusted adviser, has been mentioned by insiders as a possible appointments secretary but has hopes of a bigger job. Transition Coordinator Watson, who is Georgia's unpaid chairman of the department of human resources, could become Carter's chief adviser...
...Philip Handler, S.D., president of the National Academy of Sciences...
...games begin Dec. 28, and the two Russian clubs are going to be anything but pushovers. The Central Army team, a perennial power in Soviet hockey, will play with an attack line that may be the most potent in the world: Left Wing Valeri Kharlamov, a deft puck handler; Center Vladimir Petrov, a tireless speedster; and Right Wing Boris Mikhailov, a veteran considered by many to be "the soul of the team." Behind them in goal will be Vladislav Tretiak, nemesis of Team Canada in 1972. The other team, the Soviet Wings, beefed up for the games with extra players...