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...He’s one of my heroes,” says Fred L. Glimp ’50, who served as Dean of the College and Dean of Admissions under Pusey. “He was not a showboat in any sense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NATHAN PUSEY DEAD AT 94 | 11/15/2001 | See Source »

...extension the administration, will always do the right thing. In an era of good news - falling crime rates and dipping drug use figures - Clinton hasn't had anybody to put on the Sunday talking-head shows to grab credit. Neither Freeh or Attorney General Janet Reno would showboat for the administration. Drug czar Barry McCaffrey would, but the retired general's too-hot-for-prime-time style sometimes provoked backlash. Ashcroft may serve that function for Bush, or he may be viewed as too much of a pol, in which case Bush would be well served...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why George W. Wanted Louis Freeh at the FBI — and Why Louis Wants to Stay | 1/5/2001 | See Source »

Candidate statement: "I signed the Rent Stabilization Ballot Initiative question when not a single City Councillor would. I oppose gargantuan construction proposals and I would replace the current city manager. I have a willingness to get things done instead of being a 'showboat' all the time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Candidates: Who They Are, Where They Stand | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

...those women crying?" Goodman asks as his driver pulls away from the Showboat hotel and casino. Just moments before, he had moved a group of seniors with a story of his 89-year-old mother teaching sculpture to blind children. Goodman, 59, walked out of the room with votes sticking to him like Post-it notes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oscar Goodman: A Lawyer to Wiseguys Would Rule Sin City | 5/10/1999 | See Source »

INDICTED. GARTH DRABINSKY, 48, and mYRON GOTTLIEB, 55, founders of the Toronto-based theatrical production company Livent, Inc.; by a federal grand jury; on 16 counts of criminal fraud and conspiracy; in New York City. The U.S. alleged that the partners, who produced such Broadway extravaganzas as Showboat and Ragtime, led an eight-year scheme to fake earnings or hide financial losses and siphon off some $4.6 million. In a separate civil complaint, the SEC charged the two with securities fraud. Drabinsky denied the charges and blamed the company's "new management" for the imbroglio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jan. 25, 1999 | 1/25/1999 | See Source »

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