Word: mark
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...federal procurement officials, for example, would have been forbidden to make any contact with their former agency for up to two years. "Unfortunately, there aren't many monks qualified as nuclear engineers who want to become an Assistant Secretary," says Chase Untermeyer, director of the office of presidential personnel. Mark Abramson, director of the Center for Excellence in Government, says top jobs are going begging because of "low pay, anxiety over postemployment restrictions and the feeling that high Government service is life in a fishbowl...
...away. As fidgety governments struggled with little success to halt the trend, the U.S. dollar took off last week on the sharpest rally since it surged to record heights against major currencies in 1985. The frenzied rise -- which brought the greenback's gain against the West German mark and the Japanese yen to 12.5% so far this year -- raised disturbing doubts about the ability of the U.S. and its major trading partners to keep exchange rates under control. "This is a runaway freight train," said Jay Goldinger, a Los Angeles-based trader. "Anyone who tries to stand...
...week's end traders pushed the dollar to a 2 1/2-year high of 1.977 West German marks. That pierced the 1.90-mark ceiling that the U.S. and its trading partners reportedly agreed to in a 1987 accord. In Tokyo the dollar's high reached 139.88 yen, its loftiest level in 16 months and just below the 140-yen ceiling that the allies set. The U.S. and its partners are determined to do what they can to slam on the brakes -- but whether their efforts would slow down the runaway dollar remained an open question...
When Stanley finally decided to discuss the situation with The Crimson, Mark Brazaitis and I met with him for an interview. We all sat down and Stanley said, "First of all, I would I like to say that I have no comment...
...rest of Crimson sportswriters may think I'm crazy, but I will miss them anyway. Thanks Mark, Julio, Jenny, Mike, Colin and my brother Casey for everything. Well, I'm not going to miss my brother because I'm stuck with him forever. Even though most of the people at The Crimson are liberals, it's still an OK place...