Word: minding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...committee has other choices, and most of them seem to follow the traditional pattern. Last year saloon-keeper and comic Rodney Dangerfield spoke at Class Day, and this year's committee has a slew of comedians and other entertainment figures in mind if first choice Trudeau--a Yalie--declines to show...
Carter considered holding a press conference after his return to Washington, but changed his mind. Instead, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance revealed to the press that the Shah of Iran was taking a "vacation" and that the U.S. approved (see WORLD). White House Press Secretary Jody Powell also had little to say about foreign policy. When reporters badgered him, he insisted that he was "not getting involved in daily temperature taking about Iran." He added: "I have nothing to say about Cambodia." Since Carter has often made damaging impromptu remarks about events abroad, his taciturnity was perhaps understandable...
...fraction of eligible employees take advantage of the programs. Xerox's Leesburg facility is used by barely a third of the 180,000 people who yearly train at the center. New York's Cardio-Fitness reports a 15% dropout rate. Says one former client: "I find it mind-bendingly boring. I hate taking another shower and then putting on sweaty underwear. I hate spending an hour of my time jumping around over there...
When Washington Post Chairman Eugene Meyer bought out the rival Times-Herald 25 years ago, he had more in mind than a quick circulation gain. "The real significance of this event," said Meyer, "is that it makes the paper safe for Donnie." Last week his grandson, Donald E. (for Edward) Graham, 33, did indeed take over as publisher of the now thriving (daily circulation: 562,000) paper...
...brains of the organization. That will give you, as Groucho Marx used to say, some idea of the organization. Still, West's popular fictions, like The Devil's Advocate, have regularly favored byplay over foreplay, concepts over jet-set conceits. Rather, than reading the public mind, West has specialized in suggesting what it ought to be thinking...