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...economy, salvation will too. The major's father is such a powerful character (remember Robert Morley in the movie?) that he runs away with Shaw's message a couple of times, and there are also a few great setpieces, notably the almost-conversion of Bill Walker. As a curtain-raiser, there's Icarus' Mother, by Sam Shepard who's a more or less experimental playwright, and the director is Robert Chapman, professor of English and director of the Loeb. Wot prawce selvytion naow? 7:30 at the Loeb Ex, where things are free...
...family did not have indoor plumbing. Stans recalled that he had slept under the rafters on the unfinished second floor of the house and "when it was below zero outside, it was below zero inside." Stans went on to become a millionaire accountant and Nixon's chief fund raiser; in 1972 alone, he added $55 million to the President's campaign...
...Election of the President. Nixon recalled how he had waited for Stans on March 29, 1972, in the Metropolitan Club in New York City, sitting back in a corner and worrying that his single Bloody Mary would not last through the long afternoon. Finally, Stans walked in. The fund raiser then told him, said Nixon, that he did not care how Vesco paid. But, declared Nixon, Stans also suggested that if Vesco wanted to keep his gift anonymous, he should pay in cash. On balance, Ed Nixon seemed to be a plus for the defense...
...only security, fringe benefits, promotion and good pay, but also foreign travel and exciting assignments. According to an eight-page brochure available at government employment offices, men and women are needed in more than 40 professions-from map makers and pharmacologists to computer programmers and historians. The eyebrow-raiser is the address to which prospective applicants should write: the headquarters of the Bundesnachrichtendienst, or Federal Intelligence Service, Bonn's equivalent of the CIA. What that agency wants to hire is spies...
...chose Clifton because he was highly recommended by Harvard alumni and his associates." Peterson also said that Clifton has been involved in education for many years and has been a successful fund-raiser as headmaster...