Word: piercees
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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And Weld backers say the blue-blood image may not hurt Weld as much as his opponents--chief among them State Rep. Steven D. Pierce (R-Westfield)--would like it to.
Many members of Congress were furious last year when former HUD Secretary Samuel Pierce stonewalled his way through hearings on influence peddling and favoritism at his agency. Last week, bowing to Democratic pressure, Attorney General Dick Thornburgh recommended the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate Pierce's role in...
Also interesting is an essay by D. Joseph Menn '87 describing the role of ad hoc commitees in tenure decisions, focusing on the activities of the "invisible kingmaker" in the process, Pierce Professor of Philosophy Burton S. Dreben. Menn's piece reads more like investigative journalism than a history paper...
A first-year tutorial would also serve to demystify the departments. Many students do not even step inside Jefferson or Pierce during their first year. To them, physics professors are mysterious people who come to the Science Center to give lectures before fifty to onehundred people and then slink off...
Though it once enjoyed the reputation of being an invincible lobbyist, the N.R.A. has recently been forced to accept legislation that it instinctively resisted at first, including laws to ban "cop killer" handgun bullets that pierce protective vests and plastic guns that could elude metal detectors at airports and public...