Word: sargent
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BORN: May 20, 1945, Sutter County EDUCATION: American River College, A.A., 1967; California State U, 1968-69 FAMILY: Wife, Pamela Sargent; eight children RELIGION: Mormon MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Rancher; small-businessman POLITICAL CAREER: California Assembly, 1981-86; U.S. House, 1986- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1500, Chico...
...followed by Dartmouth College's James O. Freedman '57, MIT's Charles M. Vest, Tufts University's John A. DiBaggio, Northeastern University's John A. Curry, Suffolk University's David Sargent and Amherst College's Tom Gerety. Best Paid College Presidents Highest-paid college presidents nationally, 1994-1995 Amelia P. Morrow Crimson Pay Benefits Franklyn G. Jenifer Howard University $790,798* $9520 William C. Richardson, Johns Hopkins U. $587,048** $44,015 John R. Silber, Boston University $400,000 $165,018 Gerhard Casper, Stanford University $330,750*** $195,783 D. Walter Cohen, Allegany Univ. of Health Services...
...Agnew was also the forerunner of the Richard Nixon collapse. The Watergate break-in occurred in June 1972, as the Nixon-Agnew ticket was on its way to a landslide victory over George McGovern and Sargent Shriver. A month after the second Nixon-Agnew Inaugural, it came out that a grand jury in Baltimore was investigating Agnew on charges of bribery and tax evasion dating from his earlier career in Maryland...
...Eagleton reached a career peak. Senator George McGovern, the Democratic candidate for President, picked him as his running mate. Less than three weeks later, however, Eagleton was forced to withdraw after confirming reports that he had received electroshock treatment for depression. McGovern and Eagleton's replacement, Sargent Shriver, went on to defeat. Eagleton remained in the Senate, retiring in 1986, unwilling to undertake campaign fund raising. He serves on a presidential advisory board overseeing intelligence agencies; in 1995 he was instrumental in persuading the Los Angeles Rams to move to St. Louis. Would revelations of psychiatric treatment sink a candidacy...
...Winslow Homer the greatest American painter of the 19th century? Around 1900, many Americans would have said yes. The reputation of Thomas Eakins stood nowhere near its present zenith, and there was something flashy and slightly suspicious about John Singer Sargent, the other main candidate. And Homer was not only big with the public; he exerted a huge influence on younger painters. Robert Henri and the other realists of the Ashcan School embraced him as a role model--the virile eye, always staring at reality over the pencil. "The big strong thing," said Henri, thinking of Homer's seascapes...