Word: seales
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...President's legal teams, some of whom are engaging in their own leaks and covert counterattacks. One session last Wednesday involving McCurry's team and the lawyers exposed the difficulty of his predicament. White House counsel Charles Ruff, citing the fact that the matter was under court seal, refused to offer the press handlers any guidance on whether the President was invoking Executive privilege--even though someone among the lawyers had apparently leaked the news to the New York Times, which had played it on Page One that day. Further exasperating White House aides, Ruff added that the story...
Jokey mayors used to be all the rage in American cities. I remember Mayor William Schaefer of Baltimore jumping into the seal pool of the National Aquarium to fulfill his promise of what he'd do if the building did not open on schedule. Mayor Schaefer was a character. Mayor Edward Koch of New York was also a character. He once said he wasn't interested in running for Governor because there weren't any decent Chinese restaurants in Albany--a perfect mayor-as-character joke that turned less funny when he decided to run for Governor. In those days...
...aside the millenia-old tradition of primogeniture, in which sons always get first claim on the crown. Princes Charles and William can breath easy, because this makes no change to the line of succession -- they're both firstborn anyway. What this does do, however, is slap a huge royal seal on efforts to modernise the monarchy in the wake of Diana's death...
...addition to recognizing Radcliffe, our amendment recommended that all diplomas bear the signature of the Dean of Harvard College. If implemented, our bill would not only ensure that women receive diplomas signifying the equal education we receive at this University, but would also exhibit the mark and the seal of the institution that historically made it possible for us to have this tremendous opportunity...
Although it was originally established for women, Radcliffe has profoundly affected the lives and experiences of both women and men. That some students fail to recognize its historic influence provides an even stronger argument for maintaining the seal. Including both seals on all undergraduate diplomas would recognize the contributions of Harvard and Radcliffe. Furthermore, it would symbolically reinforce the current partnership between the two institutions...