Word: personal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have tightened up in two ways. We are building a strong inspector-general operation in HEW, in part to measure the delivery of social services. I have also reorganized the regional offices of HEW to make one of the major functions of the top regional person the evaluation of the delivery of programs...
Stacy, a popular, outgoing young woman who worked as a secretary for a shoe firm in the Empire State Building, was Son of Sam's sixth murder victim. Robert, a polite, conservatively dressed fellow who had just applied for a construction job with Con Ed, was the seventh person to survive bullet wounds in the killer's yearlong series of attacks...
President Jimmy Carter sent a telegram asking the Charismatics to pray for him to make "the right decision toward bringing world peace." The President's sister Ruth Carter Stapleton appeared in person to tell how prayers had resolved her daughter's emotional problems. "We have to stop condemning all these problemed people," she said, "and to know that within each one there is a little hurting child, and that child is able to be healed...
...Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, believes that the major central banks can easily smooth out the money market movements caused by the dollar's drop. Adds Brookings Institution Economist Robert Solomon, noting the big trade surpluses enjoyed by the Japanese and the West Germans: "To any reasonable person, the appreciation of the yen and the mark is desirable." Moreover, Solomon contends, the shift in rates is not that great. For example, though the dollar has slipped roughly 10% against the yen in recent weeks, it is down only 3% against the mark and a mere 1% in relation...
...from an author of children's texts to a biology guru at age 34. The son of a Foreign Service officer, Trivers entered Harvard on a scholarship in 1961 to study math and prepare for a career as a civil rights lawyer. He was a bright, moody, private person who turned up at all the civil rights demonstrations and student protests. But his marks were so mediocre ("I was more interested in chasing women and the real world than in math") that his Harvard scholarship was canceled and he was turned down after graduation by two law schools...