Word: robin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...plot, afterall, called for morning-line favorites, Brazil and West Germany, to make the second round unscathed, having survived the grueling, two-week round-robin competition with stamina intact and muscle pulls at a minimum. The professionals who make up these national teams ordinarily tend toward cautious play; after all, too much money is involved to take chances. Income is more important than imagination. But upsetting results soon came in: Cameroon held the vastly superior Peru and Poland to scoreless draws the week before last. Tiny Kuwait tied a heavily favored Czechoslovakia, 1-1. And Algeria humiliated mighty West Germany...
...Obviously it's a positive thing," said Julia Rubin '84,' a member of the Incoming 11-member student board. But Robin predicted that Argeros will "draw the [legal battle] out for as long as possible...
...city's contingent included Vellucci, the city council, the school committee and the city manager. Bok, University General Counsel Daniel Steiner '54, and Vice President for Governmental and Community Affairs Robin Schmidt were among Harvard's representatives...
...open meetings, where litigation that he would later participate in was discussed HTU leaders charged Erickson with "improper behavior," but the attorney said he attended the meetings "to speak to tenants and to listen to their concerns." A Harvard spokesman said that Vice President for Community and Government Affairs Robin Schmidt gave "ultimate approval" for the idea of sending Erickson to the meetings...
Although rumor has it that he has become a millionaire in his own right (Farkas won't confirm or deny), he didn't exactly start from scratch. Being the son of Robin L. Farkas '54, chairman of the board of Alexander's department stores, didn't hurt either. Apart from any financial assistance in his various business ventures, a "very, very special relationship" with his father has helped to create the mind-set necessary for Farkas' particular version of success...