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...Jacob Weitzer...
...most part, Byrd's colleagues welcome his nearly unerring sense of where the Senators collectively want to go. Even Republicans give him high marks, at least for technical skill. Says New York's Jacob Javits: "He moves heaven and earth to keep the Senate going. But Mike Mansfield and Bob Taft [Republican leader in 1953] did not have to be majority leaders to be great Senators. Byrd is an efficient person in charge of the Senate...
...political pro has any trouble keeping his staff advisers in line with his own wishes. The most common relationship is symbiotic: the staffer knows the inclinations and needs of his boss and gets ahead by following those tendencies and filling the information gaps. One strong Senator, New York Republican Jacob Javits, now has a personal staff of 50. In addition, he has increased his own considerable influence by relying on such able committee aides as Don Zimmerman, minority counsel to the Senate Human Resources Committee. Javits, the ranking minority member on the committee, has used Zimmerman to develop far more...
Evangelicalism is traceable to 17th century Germany and the work of Philipp Jacob Spener, whose "Pietists" rebelled against the formalism and worldliness of the German Lutherans. Like today's Evangelicalism, the movement initially emphasized personal commitment to Christ and devotional life. But when the "Evangelical Awakening" reached Britain, Methodist John Wesley and his successors virtually revolutionized society. Among the results...
...Trombone Ensemble--855 Commonwealth Ave. 8:00. Margarita Scack--Jacob Sleeper Hall, 871 Commonwealth Ave. at 8:00. New England Conservatory Chamber Wind Ensemble--Williams Recital Hall...