Word: praiseed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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In a Super Bowl press box, a writer let out a small whoop as the Raiders blocked a Redskin punt in 1984. "I'm sorry, that was really unprofessional," he said sheepishly. "But I've got $2,000 on the Raiders." Win or lose, does the two grand get into...
Falwell admits that when he temporarily took over the Praise the Lord organization after Jim Bakker was forced out by a rancid sexual scandal in 1987, donations to his Old Time Gospel Hour fell $5.3 million. By 1987, the Moral Majority had so dwindled that Falwell resigned as president. Atlanta...
The very effusiveness of the praise showered on Bush showed how much the West has been hungering for the leadership that only a U.S. President can provide. For the first time, Bush indicated that he could satisfy that hunger. Nor was his triumph just a public relations coup. It may...
Colleagues praise Vorenberg for his initiative, calling fundraising one of his greatest accomplishments at the school. "We've been long overdue to take seriously our capital needs," says Professor of Law Phillip B. Heymann. "He's put the Law School on track for meeting our needs."
For someone so involved in some of FAS' most controversial issues, Verba is a strikingly uncontroversial figure. He is universally well-liked among fellow faculty members, and even a minority student leader who was often highly critical of Verba's committee work offers guarded praise of the man.