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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...must have attacked the field with a vengeance, because at the tender age of 28 he has already knotched tenure at Harvard, a plum position on the staff of President Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), and a reputation as one of the rising young stars in the field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Samuelson, Arrow,... | 1/6/1983 | See Source »

Cutesier shoppers can sift through a panoply of more specialized cookbooks. Aspiring chefs are invited to cook with Paul Bocuse, Craig Claiborne and Jacques Pepin. Somewhat less continental are the offerings in Richard Simmons' Never Say Diet Cookbook--Simmons urges eaters to forego roast beef and plum pudding for the delights of cheese-less cheesecake. His recipe for "Chilly Cottage Cheese Mold" might lead one to conclude that health fanatics don't really live longer--it just feels that way. Most intriguing is The Enchanted Broccoli Forest, a creative veggie cookbook...

Author: By Holly A. Idelson, | Title: More Fantasy, More Preppies | 12/8/1982 | See Source »

During the fifth flight, Hoffman served as a member of the two man support crew, a plum job which put Hoffman as close to the job as he could be Over the past year, as Columbia's most recent veterans trained intensively for their mission chores. Hoffman helped to work out the flight procedures while assisting the crew with simulations and other training As a result of his close work with the four astronauts. Hoffman became "as good a person as anyone else to know what's going on," and stood ready in Mission Control over the course...

Author: By Gibert Fuchsberg, | Title: Awaiting His Day in Space | 11/17/1982 | See Source »

...provide the beluga caviar (4 oz. for $88). Pepperidge Farm has prepared Father's favorite hot Bing Cherry Soup with Burgundy (in a selection of eight cans for $18.95). Hampton Farms has, especially for us, smoked a 9-lb. young torn turkey over hickory embers (only $29.95). English plum pudding ($12) is on its way from Altman's. The wines, all from good old Sherry-Lehmann 's catalogue, will go from Perrier-Jouet Grand Brut (about $20) with the caviar, to Chateau d'Yquern ($90) with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Catalogue Cornucopia | 11/8/1982 | See Source »

...time with Operation Fair Share, a campaign of selective boycotts aimed at corporations that refuse to integrate their boards or commit themselves to hiring more blacks. The organization also has had trouble recruiting top-caliber staffers. Says Board Member Julian Bond: "Working for the N.A.A.C.P. is no longer a plum for well-qualified blacks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Twilight Zone for the N.A.A.C.P. | 7/12/1982 | See Source »

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