Word: helene
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think an open meeting of the committee is not going to be very effective said Helen D Irvin, a student representative on the Legal Education Committee at Friday's demonstration Past open meetings she added "seemed to have no effect at all on faculty actions...
...Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SATs) plummeted by 45% in verbal skills and 23% in math, although the number of those taking the exams dropped by only 3%. In a time of limited resources, many institutions believe that future success depends upon attracting not just ordinary students but the finest. Admits Helen Horowitz, a public relations official at New York University, which is handing out 55 new merit scholarships of $2,000 this year: "Part of the aim is that talented students will help make N.Y.U. attractive to others in the years to come...
...President that there is something to be said for leading the charge." Jody Powell, the Carter Administration press secretary who is now an ABC colleague of Donaldson, recalls, "When I got to the White House in the morning, there were usually two reporters there to greet me: Helen Thomas of U.P.I, and Sam." President Reagan's deputy press secretary, Larry Speakes, says, "I think he sets the agenda for other reporters. He can spot a story and get to the bottom of it quickly, and 99 times out of 100 he is right...
First, she tells him, she will talk about the Queen, who has just completed a visit to California, and runs through her jokes about the Queen's clothes ("Gowns by Helen Keller"). Then she suggests that if Carson wants to interrupt her-the Tonight show is only slightly less spontaneous than a shuttle launch-he might ask her if she saw Nancy Reagan during the Queen's visit. "I'll say: 'She was at my house for lunch! Do you know why people turn off on Nancy Reagan? She's too pretty. They expect...
Activities like bowling "are a lot of fun." said a patient who introduces herself only as 'Helen.' "They give you something to do, and a way to get along," she adds...