Word: samuel
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Kemp surprised some Washington insiders by seeking the HUD post, a job that has had little stature during the Reagan Administration. For the past eight years, the HUD Secretary has been Samuel Pierce, the only black in Reagan's Cabinet, who has gone so unnoticed that he has earned the nickname "Silent Sam." Kemp would bring a more ambitious agenda to HUD. For years, he has been a strong advocate of Urban Enterprise Zones, in which the Federal Government would give investors tax breaks to encourage the economic revitalization of inner cities. He has also proposed selling public housing...
...that no public funds can be used to perform an abortion or to counsel women about this option. The statute was originally drafted in 1985 with an eye toward reversing Roe v. Wade. "We hoped all along this law would get up before the U.S. Supreme Court," says Samuel Lee of Missouri Citizens for Life. "We think this is the right time...
...Congress cannot ignore growing public fears that greed, debt and buyouts are all spiraling out of control. "The dealmakers have gone too far," says Samuel Hayes, professor of finance at Harvard Business School. "They have defied that tolerance that allowed them their freedom." Federal Reserve chairman Greenspan urged the Senate in October to consider tax-law changes to curb the debt buildup. Said he: "The laws still provide substantial incentives to borrow...
WAITING FOR GODOT. Samuel Beckett takes a backseat to inspired if intrusive clowning by Robin Williams and Steve Martin in a sold-out run at Manhattan's Lincoln Center...
Artistically, Williams and Martin, as comics of quicksilver intelligence and bleak vision, seem eminently suited to play Samuel Beckett's battered tramps. Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus) and performance artist Bill Irwin are nonpareil casting for the pompous landlord and his slavish manservant. Director Mike Nichols, a winner of eight Tony Awards, has an apt gift for seamless transitions from farce to ferocity...