Word: honored
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Since his passing in June, friends and colleagues of the late Leonard J. Russell have been diligently planning various memorials to honor the first Cambridge mayor ever to die in office...
...Pforzheimer University Professor said he didn't think he "really earned the title" because he never "really worked at being tweedy." But he was quick to add that he could think of no other Harvard professor who was more deserving of the honor...
...megastar was rumored to have been chosen by Spielberg to play Peter Pan in a new adaptation of the James M. Barrie tale. It was not to be, and at the moment Jackson is working with Lucas on a project. But the reclusive young thriller declares it "my honor" to speak about Spielberg. "I must have seen E.T. around 40 times, and Jaws a good hundred or so," Jackson says. "You feel loved in his films. Steven never sleeps, never rests at ease. Last year, during the Victory Tour, I was on vacation with him in the Hamptons. But instead...
...dour, stoop-shouldered diplomat, variously known as Grim Grom and Dr. Nyet, accepted Gorbachev's praise and his new title in typically expressionless style. "It is not for me to judge whether I deserve such words or not," he said. "I shall make every effort to discharge with honor my duty to the party, to the country, to the people...
...successful, the stock buy-back would raise CBS's debt from last year's $386 million to $1.3 billion. The company also guaranteed it would limit its liabilities. That promise could prevent Turner from proceeding with his takeover bid, which involved a great deal of debt. In order to honor his guarantee, Wyman said, the firm would sell $300 million in assets, though any spinoffs would not take the company out of broadcasting, records or publishing. Wyman also claimed that trimming corporate fat could save $20 million annually. Said he: "There is no place (in CBS) where the Swiss watch...