Word: pillar
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...growing weary of the rubber checks. "I have a deep commitment to U.P.I., but I want to get paid," said Stephen Hagey, a Washington-based copy editor. Still, the spirit that kept the wires clacking through U.P.I.'s 78- year history is still in evidence. On a pillar in the Washington office hangs a sign: SURRENDER, HELL...
...Lewis these days could hardly be more uncomfortable if he were the target of a barrage of his company Tomahawk cruise missiles. Fleets of investigators and critics are challenging General Dynamics' integrity and its fitness to be a pillar of the nation's defense, raising charges far more extensive than those leveled against General Electric last week. The Pentagon attack on General Dynamics' expense reports and the Justice Department probe into overruns on the company's SSN 688 Los Angeles-class submarines are only the most publicized of many investigations. The Securities and Exchange Commission is studying whether the company...
...more aware of the phenomenally high ratio of Black Harvardians who have made major contributions to the advancement of Black people and indeed, to all aspects of civilization as a whole. In fact, the weekend produced two very fine cases in point: Dr. Fitzhugh ('30), who has been a pillar of assistance to Blacks who have aspired to compete in the economic arena and Mr. Gibbs ('17), who offered a rare glimpse at the strength of the early Harvard Black tradition...
...chief of enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission seemed the very pillar of rectitude. Hardworking and scrupulous, John M. Fedders, 43, had a reputation as a vigorous prosecutor of disclosure fraud and insider trading. A former partner in the Washington law firm of Arnold & Porter, he was the father of five sons, a member of the high-toned Congressional Country Club and a churchgoing Catholic who idolized General George Patton. In fact, unknown to almost everyone, Fedders was leading a Jekyll and Hyde double life...
...with substantive charges there is still little likelihood that the disease will spread throughout the bulk of the army. Institutional soundness, a dedication to peace and duty, and above all a sense of subordination to civilian authority have every chance of survival in Indian democracy's most valuable pillar--the military...