Word: mentoring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...John Major, 47, who has been on the fast track ever since she made him Foreign Secretary in July 1989 and, the following October, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Though he has had relatively little Cabinet experience, Major is gunning for the premiership with the apparent blessing of his mentor...
...nods as Watson, a forceful speaker, reminds them of the days when the informal police motto was "Nobody ever got fired for doing nothing." All grist for her message: Watson is committed to the citywide adoption of Neighborhood Oriented Policing, the experimental program that her predecessor and mentor, Lee Brown, championed. "If we continue as we have done in the past," she says, "we're doomed...
...public seemed as impressed with Souter's intelligence as they were with his image as a shy, decent man who likes old cars, black-and-white television sets and the Boston Red Sox. During the confirmation hearings, Souter, 51, slept on an extra bed at the apartment of his mentor, New Hampshire Senator Warren Rudman; soon he will settle into a modest one-bedroom apartment that the Justice-to-be found, with Rudman's help, within walking distance of the court. Souter's few sticks of furniture and more numerous stacks of books will be trucked down by friends from...
...churches." But even after he separated from his wife, they did not sleep together. When he took her home at night, she felt that he wanted to lock her in. At 22 she had a brief romance with a man her own age but could not face her mentor's wrath. Her next young suitor was savvier. Paul Mejia, a member of the company, slowly made friends with Farrell before asking for her hand...
...caught, shrugs off all remorse. His patron is a stately Mafioso (Paul Sorvino) who warns him to stay out of the drug business; Henry jumps right in. His best friend is a wacko hoodlum (Joe Pesci) who gets whacked by his own family; Henry sheds no tears. His mentor is an Irishman (Robert De Niro) who cuts Henry in on the biggest hijacking in American history; Henry's testimony sends him to jail. The lad's only regret is for himself. At the end, he's still alive, but "I get to live the rest of my life like...