Word: mentored
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...very excited for him," said the woman Narayan described as his mentor, Dr. Pamela J. Frable, director of the Terrence County, Texas chapter of the Red Cross. "I think this is great for our organization...
...advising system which relies on graduate students can replace mentoring relationships with full professors. A mentor can help prospective academics to learn how academia works and facilitate their entrance into a field of study. A personal relationship with a professor can help to focus intellectual curiosity, assist in finding a thesis advisor, provide a source of term-time employment and write the letters of recommendation which are invaluable to any senior...
...opening doors. Among them were former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, former Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen, and John Sununu, who was George Bush's chief of staff. Perhaps the most active Washington name is former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, now a consultant for Amoco. He has long been a mentor to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, and he has warned the White House for years that the U.S. was making a strategic mistake in paying so little attention to the new central Asian nations...
Then, last October, Bronfman announced that he was essentially selling Universal's television and cable operations to his friend and mentor, Barry Diller. Since those were supposed to be Biondi's strengths, the move was widely regarded as emasculating Biondi. Bronfman has pointed out that Seagram's 45% stake in Diller's firm has soared more than $1 billion in value. Biondi soldiers on, noting that Universal's profits are on a par with the industry. He adds, "And we expect continued strong growth in profitability--on the order of 20% a year--for the next two years...
Wang received a copy of Goldman's book fromWang Jungtao, another dissident and Wang's mentor,who later arranged for Wang Dan's visit toHarvard...