Word: letterer
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...business." There was Sharon Osberg, the bridge player who first persuaded Buffett to use a computer - a task even his good friend Bill Gates couldn't pull off. There was Carol Loomis, the writer at Fortune (which, like TIME, is owned by Time Inc.), who edited Buffett's annual letter to shareholders. And, most vividly depicted of all, there was Katharine Graham, the publisher of the Washington Post, in which Buffett was a major investor. Graham became Buffett's entrée into high society (the man of notoriously simple tastes once said he had an easier time talking...
...original version of this article stated that Fortune magazine writer Carol Loomis writes Warren Buffett's annual letter to shareholders. Loomis in fact edits the letter...
...letter to the community, Keefe said that the Health Alliance will be teaming up with the firm Ernst & Young to evaluate the hospital system’s overall structure and present proposals by the end of December. Keefe said that the Health Alliance—which owns three hospitals and 21 clinics based in Cambridge, Somerville and Boston—will be holding a series of Town Hall-style meetings throughout the coming months to receive input from those with a stake in its future ranging from employees to community leaders...
Olmert's last official cabinet meeting on Sunday had a touch of the surreal: at first the Premier chatted about Wall Street's woes and Israel's basketball win over the Czech team before announcing offhandedly that he was resigning. Several hours later he dropped his resignation letter off at the President's residence. The normally loquacious Olmert summed up his resignation in two sentences. Peres later said, "I respect the dignified manner in which [Olmert] is transferring authority...
...subdued television address on Sunday night, ousted South African President Thabo Mbeki announced that he had submitted his letter of resignation to the speaker of parliament and will officially leave office once parliament chooses an interim successor, as it is expected to do within a month. Mbeki appeared calm and dignified as he defended his legacy of 14 years as the premier policy architect of a post-apartheid South African state, first as deputy president under Nelson Mandela from 1994 to 1999, then as head of state. But despite his demeanor, it was a bitter moment...