Word: robert
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...dollar's plight is the first major challenge for Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, 44, the economist who succeeded Robert ("Just Right") Rubin three months ago. Summers' mantra--"A strong dollar is in the national interest of the United States"--was the same one repeated for six years by Rubin, a period during which the Dow rose a mountainous 7,000 points. In contrast, the as yet brief Summers era has seen the index drop some 900 points. But Summers says his focus is on "the fundamentals," such as creating a budget surplus, which he argues is best for both...
...furor made its way to Washington as well, where the Senate passed a nonbinding resolution sponsored by New Hampshire Senator Robert Smith that called for an end to federal funding for the museum. Trying not to alienate either camp, Hillary Clinton, Giuliani's likely opponent for New York's Senate seat, chided the mayor for threatening to shut down the museum but added, "There are parts of this exhibit that would be deeply offensive. I would not go to see this exhibit...
...afraid of public speaking. At first I wasn't sure exactly why reading at the ceremony seemed so dreadful. Then she showed me the poem. It turned out my fear had to do with the fact that my mother has terrible taste in poetry. She has a Robert Fulghum poster in her house...
Fellow campaign chair Robert G. Stone '45 yesterday declared that "90 percent of us gulped" at the thought of raising more than $2 billion...
This view of Latinos as the "soccer Moms" of 2000 was echoed by the other panelists: Ruben Navarrette Jr. '90, Judy Chapa, Andy Hernandez, and Robert DePosada. Jesus Mena Jr., KSG's director of communications, served as the event's moderator...