Word: meyers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nevertheless, the chiefs went into "the Tank," their inner sanctum in the Pentagon, to decide on a joint position. They split: Vessey and Air Force Chief of Staff Charles Gabriel leaned in favor of the plan, while Army Chief of Staff Edward C. Meyer, whose service had responsibility for the Pershing II and who therefore had a proprietary interest in seeing it continued, leaned against it, along with Chief of Naval Operations James Watkins. The chiefs' equivocal report never reached the President, who had asked...
...picked the players. Their apt casting for President: former Secretary of State (and presidential candidate) Edmund Muskie. His nine advisers included two former Defense Secretaries: James Schlesinger, who had that title again, and Clark Clifford, who played the Secretary of State. Former Army Chief of Staff General Edward Meyer, who reluctantly wore his uniform, acted as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The group was well-balanced ideologically-improbably so-but a certain tilt existed: eight of the nine players served the Carter Administration...
Greyhound has also been hurt by deregulation of the airlines. Upstart short-haul carriers are now offering flights that are even cheaper than bus travel. While Greyhound charges $56.15 for a journey between Newark and Norfolk, for instance, a People Express ticket is just $23. Says Greyhound Spokeswoman Beth Meyer: "There was a time when that was one of our most heavily traveled routes. Now we've just about abandoned...
...protest will be held in response to the administration's decision to change the hours of Meyer Library--the main undergraduate library--to closing at 10 p.m. on Friday and 6 p.m. on Saturday from the midnight closing last year...
...Meyer Head Librarian Elizabeth Salzer said she had hoped for "more constructive means" than a sit-in to deal with students discontent, but that she welcomes student interest in other forms...