Word: quiets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...just about the only member of the freshman class to appear on "Good Morning, America" this fall, but Reed N. Colfax '92 kept quiet about...
...deprivation. Typical is Richard Parsons, president of the Dime Savings Bank in New York City. "Why should I live in Harlem?" asks Parsons, who resides in a wealthy Westchester County, N.Y., suburb. "If given a choice between unsafe streets and poor schools on the one hand, and peace and quiet and quality schools on the other, who wouldn't pick the best neighborhood and the best schools? The black underclass is not just our problem. It's all of society's problem...
...Scowcroft returned to Government after advising foreign clients as vice chairman of Henry Kissinger's international consulting firm. Largely because Scowcroft is a noncontroversial official serving in a post that does not require Senate confirmation, there has been scant debate over the propriety of ) his prior business entanglements. Such quiet acceptance is not likely to be the fate of Lawrence Eagleburger, who became president of Kissinger Associates in 1984, after 27 years in Government. About to be nominated as Deputy Secretary of State, Eagleburger is expected to face a grueling confirmation battle revolving around the firm's globe-girdling client...
PROFILE: The quiet Senator who has ended Bush's honeymoon...
...officials are lending quiet encouragement to peacemaking efforts, but deep political divisions and intransigence in El Salvador threaten to stop the latest push. The right-wing ARENA party rejected any delay in the election. And the rebels have hinted that if no talks are held soon, they will resume the war with greater intensity...