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...existence during earlier SALT debates, and now, in a truly bipartisan spirit, he is marshaling his formidable technical expertise and political power to give Secretary of State Cyrus Vance as much trouble, if not more. As chairman of the Senate's arms-control subcommittee, Jackson has heard testimony on SALT II from a parade of high-level witnesses, and he has not liked what he has heard. In one subcommittee session, Jackson treated Vance in a way that one shaken Administration insider termed "angry and almost vicious." The clear implication of Jackson's interrogation: that...
...came upon a man digging with his hands, pushing aside rubble and raising dust, his eyes scared. 'Somewhere under here are my two children,' he said softly. Those who had escaped by hiding in the caves where livestock are generally kept hunted for other survivors; when they heard a cry, they dug. A lady in black walked through the rubble carrying a mirror almost as tall as she and somehow still intact. Pausing to rest, she set it carefully on the ground for a moment. 'Now I've lost my husband,' she said...
Personally, Telling is noted for a phenomenal memory; associates insist that he can recall the stock numbers of items Sears stopped carrying 20 years ago. As a manager, his style is demanding but not abrasive. One colleague says that in 25 years he has never heard Telling raise his voice. That style is well known to store managers. For the past two years Telling has been the link between headquarters in the 110-story Sears Tower, the world's tallest building, and 55 field executives and has been noted for tightening management control. Says Telling: "With five different territories...
...heard of the season that almost was? Well, for the Harvard crosscountry team, this was the season that almost wasn...
...power to distribute funds to undergraduate organizations, the Yale College Council (YCC), Yale's 27-member student government, has no bottom-line authority. Nor do the student-faculty committees to which it appoints members. But this lack of tangible power has not prevented the council from making itself heard on a variety of undergraduate issues...