Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although Harvard (11-9 overall, 2-4 Ivy) could not manage a sweep that would have put the Crimson in a tie for second place with Brown and Yale (12-24, 4-2) in the Ivies, the hosts still had their level of intensity blaring at full blast...
...ailing thrifts could strain the Federal Government's insurance fund. Last week officials at the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, which guarantees deposits up to $100,000 and handles troubled thrifts, estimated that the deficit in its fund reached $11.6 billion last year, nearly double its 1986 level of $6.3 billion...
...tough and sometimes abrasive battler for his standards. Colleagues describe him as cool and self-confident, stubborn when dealing with superiors and direct with underlings who do not deliver the goods. "I know I can be difficult," Bochco concedes. "But you can't do work at this level without being demanding of yourself and others...
Thus even if Dukakis can assemble a majority of convention delegates on his own, Jackson will continue to exercise tremendous power. How Dukakis deals with that power will be critical. On the personal level, their dealings have advanced from politely cool to vaguely friendly. Jackson customarily greets his adversary with a breezy "Hey, Duke." Dukakis, after some prodding, has recently taken to placing small-talk phone calls to Jackson. "We're going to continue to build what I hope will be a good relationship," Dukakis said. "We are united in the feeling that the stakes are very high in this...
...willing to cut back unless their competitors do. And even when the sales pitch is persuasive, educators wonder if the customer has been well served. "I get concerned that all the marketing is taking the place of good counseling and exploiting people who haven't reached a real maturity level," says Frank Burtnett, executive director of the National Association of College Admission Counselors in Alexandria, Va. A college education is, after all, not cornflakes...