Word: mellon
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...Sabbath Gasbags about the politics of personal destruction, William Kristol, citing victims who are all Republicans, said that a willingness to use politicians' adulterous behavior against them was, in fact, found exclusively among forces of the left. The other 'bags found this statement unremarkable; somehow, the name Richard Mellon Scaife did not leap to mind...
Rockefeller, Carnegie and Morgan were not the only robber barons, of course. Edward H. Harriman fought Morgan for control of the railroads. Andrew and Richard Mellon founded four major companies, including Alcoa. But the scale on which Rockefeller, Carnegie and Morgan operated was unprecedented, paving the way for a world of global companies and capital flows. And their money built a platform for philanthropy that has grown every bit as much as their corporations...
Which brings us now to publishing. If ever there was a happy hunting ground for eccentrics, publishing is it. The industry produced more rare blooms than any other, ranging from Joseph Pulitzer (1874-1911), publisher of the New York World, to the very much alive Richard Mellon Scaife, 66, publisher of Pittsburgh's Tribune Review. Pulitzer suffered from nervousness so acute that he lived out his later years in double-insulated, soundproof rooms. As for Scaife, he spent some of his Mellon family megabucks (Alcoa, Mellon Bank) to buy a suburban newspaper, give it a Steel City moniker and publish...
...salt aside, the toasters overtly acknowledged tradition only in passing. Mellon Professor of the Humanities Emeritus and former Master of Lowell Zeph Stewart was one of those raising their glasses to the self-named "Lady Masters of Lowell House." Noting a link between past and present leadership, he offered a blessing in Sanskrit, a language both he and Eck love. Other speakers invoked the names of past Lowell leaders, including first senior tutor Pope Professor of Latin Emeritus Mason Hammond and first master Julian Lowell Coolidge. Plummer Professor of Morals Peter J. Gomes spoke eloquently of the importance of teamwork...
...which scores above the district average on standardized tests.) Gardner was saying there is plenty of anecdotal evidence in support of MI but no formal studies. This is not an irredeemable flaw, and others agree with Gardner that MI merits further investigation. "The ideas," says Robert Siegler of Carnegie Mellon University, "have enough support that it would be worthwhile implementing them on a large enough scale to find out if they work." At the moment, however, we don't know that they work...