Word: robert
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This portion of the book accounts for the most puzzling disproportion in Disturbing the Universe. Freeman Dyson is a proven scientific commodity. Robert Oppenheimer hailed his successful synthesis of two seemingly irreconcilable but equally correct theories of the electron as one of the century's breakthroughs. Now the Alfred P. Sloan foundation has asked him to contribute his bit to "the public understanding of the scientific enterprise...
...rights, inflation, unemployment, housing, or health care--or the federal government's impotence in dealing with the problem--the preferred solution turned out to be giving the "power to the people" and taking it away from the huge corporations. "It is time for us to send a message," urged Robert Georgine, the nominally conservative union leader, "to the corporations that are threatening our democratic institutions...
...Robert Georgine, president of the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department, voted for Richard Nixon. He was for the Vietnam War. Michael Harrington worked for the things Georgine fought against. Normally one would expect to find them at each other's throats. But on one issue, the crucial one, they agree--the American economic system is in a crisis and big business is at fault. Unity in diversity: the essence of coalition politics...
Other award winners included: middle guard George Jackson (William Paine LaCroix Trophy for enthusiasm, sportsmanship, loyalty and team spirit), linebacker Matt Sabetti (Robert F. Kennedy Award for desire, determination and willingness to work), and quarterback George Hodakowski and center Dave Scheper (Henry N. Lamar Award for dedication and concern for one's teammates...
...letter addressed to City Manager James L. Sullivan, Lesley executive vice president Robert D. Lewis said, "while some of the properties will continue to be used as rental properties for an indefinite period, two properties will be converted for use as office and student housing space...