Word: pneumonia
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DIED. Alfred M. Gnienther, 84, four-star U.S. Army general who was right-hand man to Generals Dwight Eisenhower and Mark Clark in World War II and European commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization from 1953 to 1956; of pneumonia; in Washington, D.C. Gruenther was able to crunch huge amounts of data down to the essentials, earning the nickname "the brain." Recommended for the NATO post by Ike, Gruenther kept Allied forces in such a high state of readiness that some NATO members concluded, to his distress, that they could cut their troops and attend to other commitments...
DIED. Anna Rosenberg Hoffman, 81, strong-willed labor and manpower expert and adviser to Presidents, who from 1950 to 1953 was an Assistant Secretary of Defense, the highest Pentagon post ever held by a woman; of pneumonia; in New York City. Born in Budapest, reared in New York City, she blended toughness with soft-voiced charm and a dash of flamboyance in her many public posts. Hoffman dramatized her role as a mediator during a 1930s New York City electricians' strike by donning hip boots and descending into a subway tunnel. Awarded the Medal of Freedom...
...power struggle resurfaced last week when Andropov's presumed chief rival, Politburo Member Konstantin Chernenko, 71, failed to show up at Lenin's Mausoleum for the May Day festivities. His office explained that Chernenko, who has not been seen in public since March 30, was suffering from pneumonia. Andropov, wearing tinted glasses, seemed tired and frail; two days later, when he presented Honecker with the Order of Lenin, his hands trembled, further fueling rumors that he is not well...
Some experts criticized the report as overly pessimistic and for failing to mention recent progress. Complained former U.S. Education Commissioner Harold Howe II, now at Harvard: "I think American education has a cold. Most people think it has the flu. It certainly doesn't have the pneumonia that the commission suggested." According to the College Board, SAT scores seem to have stabilized, and students have taken an increasing number of academic courses in each of the past six years. LeRoy Hay, chairman of the Manchester (Conn.) High School English department and 1983 National Teacher of the Year, said...
DIED. George Balanchine, 79, possibly the century's greatest choreographer; of pneumonia; in New York City (see DANCE...