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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Like Carlson and Duggan, Maxine Isaacs has had a career as a national political appointee. Isaacs, the first woman to serve as a press secretary on the national level, acted as former Vice President Walter Mondale's campaign press secretary and former President Carter's deputy press secretary...

Author: By Andrea L. Roberts, | Title: IOP Fellows Recall Entering Politics | 9/17/1987 | See Source »

...very tedious sort of work," Riley said. He said some unexpected complications have added slightly to the expected time for stonework completion. "It requires patience and good skill level," Riley said...

Author: By Emily Mieras, | Title: Sweeping a Century's Dust | 9/17/1987 | See Source »

...Kennedy School provided "the leverage I needed to get downtown," Canfield says. "I would never have moved to this level at this age without the Kennedy School...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Taking the Fast Track to the Beltway K-School Grads Head for the Hill | 9/17/1987 | See Source »

...late June, Vice President for Financial Affairs Thomas O'Brien announced his next career transaction: withdrawing from his job of 15 years to become dean of the Business School at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst. Under O'Brien's guidance, the University's endowment reached the $4 billion level...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: While You Were Away | 9/17/1987 | See Source »

Madelon Fuller's childhood memories of Waxahachie, Texas (pop. 18,560), include chasing fireflies, catching crawdads and eating plenty of fried okra, gravy-soaked chicken-fried steak and eggs. Not surprisingly, Fuller's cholesterol level went into orbit -- 324 mg per 100 ml of blood, in contrast to an optimal level of 200 mg -- and by age 44 she had had triple-bypass surgery. She went on a restrictive diet, and her cholesterol level plunged. But her arteries were still choking. Early this year her doctor suggested adding an experimental drug called lovastatin to her regimen. Within four months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: New Ally Against Heart Disease | 9/14/1987 | See Source »

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