Word: master
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After 32 years in command, Suharto has become a master of concentrating all power in his hands by keeping his opponents off balance. He has long manipulated appointments in the military and the government so that no challenger to his power could ever emerge. But if Indonesians have come to expect his cryptic utterances, Suharto's inscrutable manner has unnerved international lenders trying to hammer out concrete programs to restructure the country's banking system and reschedule corporate debt. "What is this man about?" asked a Western banker in Jakarta. "Anytime you think you have a solution, he reshuffles...
...fumes side of EMPTY, and there's even an exclamation mark shining crimson on the dashboard. But Campbell, preternaturally polite, continues blithe small talk. "Is that band the Cult still together?" she asks. You confess that when it comes to '80s goth-metal bands, you're no trivia master. She continues, "I went for coffee with this guy who was in the Cult, and I was wondering if they were still doing anything." The needle dips further. You're close enough to the hotel. You get out so she can get gas. She drives off, smiling...
Ware, who is also master of Cabot House, alsocoordinated gatherings after the loss of David L.Okrent '99, who was found dead on Revere Beachearly Sunday morning...
Students and administrators at the School of Public Health (SPH) participated in a gathering last night commemorating the life of master's degree candidate Frank P. Minore...
Oscar Wilde would have been pleased. British writer Joe Orton's satirical play What the Butler Saw continues the irreverent tradition set by that great literary master in ridiculing the social standards and judgmental morals imposed by society. This 1960s play also pays homage to the time in which it was written, concentrating on the hilarities of sex, death, religion and the police force. When Orton wrote this play, he was a quickly rising star in the British literary scene; by the time of his death, he was working on such prestigious projects as screenplays for "The Beatles". His plays...