Word: repping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...been running his mouth off for months, telling people that he made all the decisions at Miramax, and that when he snapped his fingers, HARVEY WEINSTEIN jumped." A spokesperson for Tarantino says he has read some of the book, and many of the anecdotes are inaccurate. Stone's rep says he has "skimmed" the volume, and is more concerned about his own novel coming out this fall...
...alleviated all racial strains in the workplace. Even at a place like NYNEX--consistently ranked among the "best companies" for minorities--the message of racial equality "comes down strongly from the top but somehow gets lost somewhere in the middle," according to Desiree Williams, an African-American customer-service rep. Though NYNEX made minority rights a priority after prodding from the Federal Government in 1972, employees like Williams believe the "process seems to have stalled...
...These 19, Senate aides say, are smaller fish, mostly monks and nuns at a Buddhist temple who gave the DNC money after a notorious fund-raiser attended by Gore. Investigators are betting they acted as "straw donors" (foils) for wealthy foreign contributors. Meanwhile, some big fish may be falling. Rep. Gerald Solomon, chairman of the House Rules Committee, said Wednesday he has government intercepts that indicate John Huang "committed economic espionage" by passing trade secrets to his former employer, Lippo Group, while he worked in the Commerce department. And though the announcement may itself be a breach of federal...
Despite the presence of television cameras, Rep. Robert Drinan (D-Mass.) and John Kerry of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Election Commission clerks refused to register about 30 students at the "register-in" held Oct. 8. The clerks referred the students to the Board of Election Commissioners, saying that people who are not self-supporting must have an appeal hearing...
Appearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee, Paine Professor of Practical Astronomy Harlow Shapley charges Rep. John E. Rankin (D-Miss.) with using "Gestapo" tactics in his management of the committee...