Word: sargents
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...think "So what?" But the government has this habit of going to work every day, and things are happening. Frank Sargent, DuKakis' liberal Republican predecessor, left the incoming administration saddled with a deficit of roughly $760 million in a budget of $3.3 billion. The state of Massachusetts is in almost as bad a situation as New York City--worse in terms of options for the future--so if there were ever an opportunity and a ready-made rationale for change, you would think this was it. Many expected just that, Dukakis, who distinguished himself as a somewhat cool and analytical...
...slim margin of Massachusetts voters felt sure that, even though Frank Sargent was a nice guy, a sharp pol, and a liberal's liberal and even though Dukakis has all the charisma of a garden slug, was a non-politician, and was relatively unknown-they were getting something different and better...
Things, however, are not always what they seem. In fact, Dukakis has turned out to be very much like Frank Sargent, only worse, Sure he takes the subway to work instead of a limousine, eats sand-wiches in the office instead of big banquets, and hired a bright young staff. And he made a big splash on the surface with these gestures when he first took over. But, to date, he has not acted any differently than Sargent would have when faced with matters of substance. In fact, he has often goofed in ways Sargent never would have thought...
...Sargent Cheever '32, visiting professor of Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics and chairman of the Admissions Review Committee that suggested the change, said yesterday that he would implement the full report "with a bang" when he became director of admissions on July...
Yesterday afternoon more than 75 first-year medical students met with F. Sargent Cheever '32, chairman of the review committee and next year's director of admissions, and Dr. Leon Eisenberg, the current chairman of the admissions committee, to clarify certain aspects of the report...