Word: norton
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Those who were aware of the full celebration said they were frustrated that theyhad little chance of attending the morestar-studded gatherings, which will feature, amongother luminaries, Associate Justice Harry A.Blackmun '29, Secretary of Education William J.Bennett, writer James Atlas '71 and historianRichard Norton Smith...
...years our family has been involved with public service," boasts Thomas, who has also opted to follow that calling. Since graduating from the Kennedy School of Government in 1975, he has worked for the Dukakis administration and for civil rights activist Eleanor Holmes Norton. Most recently, he resigned from the New England Equal Opportunity Commission, a government oversight agency on civil rights. "I could not carry out my oath," Thomas says, because of the Reagan Administration policy that seeks curbs on affirmative action programs...
...songs that urge kids to stay in school and avoid crime and drugs. The majority of rap lyrics are concerned with nothing more volatile than partying and macho boasting. Yet since rap became popular several years ago, many performances have been marred by brutality. Says Public Safety Commissioner John Norton of Pittsburgh, where teenagers went on a window-smashing rampage after a Run-D.M.C. concert in June: "There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that rap music spurs violence...
...Harriman was something of a ladies' man. During World War II, he conducted a famous flirtation with Pamela Churchill, who at the time was married to the son of the Prime Minister; he married her three decades later, after the death of his second wife Marie Norton Whitney...
...Saying that is not liberal or conservative, Democratic or Republican, it's common sense." Said Robb: "Laissez-faire may be good economic policy, but it's terrible social policy." The Federal Government, agreed Cuomo, must find "intelligent, fair and effective ways to help the poor help themselves." Eleanor Holmes Norton, who headed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission during the Carter Administration, stressed the importance of shoring up the "family mission" within the ghettos but added that "only government can create a mainstream of high-paying jobs...