Word: selecter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...estate tax laws, which may drastically alter the investment behavior of very wealthy citizens. Uncertainty about the future of laws that must be continually renewed may deter potential donors who are unsure about where to make long-term investments. And there is talk now in Washington of imposing select tax increases upon very specific assets, which may put yet another squeeze on major Harvard contributors, to whom fund drive officials attribute the current healthy state of the campaign...
Gately's collegiate performances--which have earned her all-Ivy and all-New England titles--also brought her to the attention of the Women's Collegiate Select Committee, who picked her to play on the first team in a ten-day tour of European countries this summer. Afterward she found the time to play for a team in the Eastern Massachusetts Women's Soccer League that dropped just one of its 11 contests in a fiercely competitive area...
...putting out fires, Kelleher soon discovered his passion, Irish literature and history. "It just plain fascinated me. You could almost say I had a mania for it," he declares. For three years he followed a normal undergraduate course; in his fourth, he was chosen as one of a select few senior fellows and allowed to pursue independent work. "I spent the year trying to master everything I've spent my life trying to master. I read through the Irish collection, and discovered the limits of my ignorance, which were huge...
...Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon--too much of a good thing. Last year's edition--the 1981-82 version will not be released until September 8--ran an imposing 796 pages, far more than even the most dedicated of scholars can digest in the days before they must select their courses. The catalogue actually shows Harvard at its best; bureaucratic frustrations, inaccessible professors, and cranky students are nowhere to be seen. Harvard can be the best place in the world to study, and the course catalogue shows...
...manufactured in Utica. Mattus took the non-Swedes to court for what amounted to infringement of balderdash, and his case was thrown out. The other newcomer is Alpen Zauber (German for "alpine magic"), a Brooklyn outfit that claims to be "inspired by the Swiss commitment to excellence ... Its select natural ingredients are a heritage of the lush valleys of farm lands where the finest dairy products are still made by hand." Alpen Zauber has brought legal action against Häagen-Dazs for threatening to withhold its ice cream from distributors who sold Alpen Zauber. Mattus says that...