Word: melvin
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...criticizing the government publicly--after all, he says, the money comes from the people, and the people elected the Thatcher government with its particular policies. But he thinks the present government underrates the contribution of the arts to the nation's employment and economic well-being. As Punch columnist Melvin Bragg states in a recent column, a grant from the Council doesn't carry a company like the RSC (providing only three million pounds in a ten to 12 million pound operation), but it helps it o be more solvent and to reach more people with more projects: "In short...
...questioning was no less sharp from members of the House Armed Services Committee, who quizzed Weinberger next day. Chairman Melvin Price, an Illinois Democrat, complained that the Pentagon lacked proof that "36 MX missiles in Titan silos will be any less vulnerable than the missiles presently in those silos." Many House members, as did some Senators, also attacked the Administration's plan to build 100 new B-l bombers at a cost of $200 million apiece...
...Administration also won the backing of 16 former defense and national security officials-including Henry Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Robert McNamara and Melvin Laird- who gathered at the White House to proclaim their support. Said Kissinger: "I believe the sale is essential for the peace process in the Middle East." The Administration hopes to pick up Jimmy Carter's public support after he returns from the Sadat funeral...
...Melvin H. Chalfin, Cambridge public health commissioner, said the plant would not necessarily pose a health hazard...
...ground outside Morgan City, La. Abbott offered no resistance and said little until told that Belly had become a literary hit. Said Morgan City Detective Bob Bazet: "When he heard that, he really picked up." "As an entertainer, I'd like to be known just as Melvin Dum-mar-without Howard Hughes," says the former gas-station owner from Cedar City, Utah. Dummar, 37, vaulted out of obscurity after he claimed that in 1967 he befriended a haggard hitchhiker in the Nevada desert, who later turned out to be the eccentric megamillionaire...