Word: sir
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...open dinner on the need for minorities in the scientific fields other than medicine. Very few Black and almost no other "Third World" students showed up at his widely advertised lectures. Participating Black students were embarrassed by the negligible turnout. Last spring (through another department) Black Nobel Prize laureate Sir Arthur Lewis of Princeton delivered five major lectures on world economics and Third World perspectives. Less than 10 Black undergraduates showed up for the entire five lectures. If it had not been for the small number of white students, Staff and faculty, the 500-scat hall would have been essentially...
...problems its high interest rates created for other nations (see ECONOMY & BUSINESS). Said Regan: "I do guarantee we will make visible progress in removing the specter which arose from the January budget: record deficits as far as the eye could see." Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Geoffrey Howe, also made the connection, saying that the prime cause of high interest rates is the borrowing requirements of the U.S. Government. This is likely to be a source of friction when Western leaders meet later this month at an economic summit in Williamsburg...
...Colorado Rockies, the cadets savor their new status. Says David Tubb, 19, a freshman from Viroqua, Wis.: "My friends are envious. They think I've got a lot going for me." Agrees Classmate Richard Kobor, 18, of Syracuse: "Everyone looks up to you. People call you sir. The military...
Europeans, on the other hand, remain deeply disturbed that U.S budget deficits, which may top $200 billion annually for years to come, will slow growth and keep interest rates high. Said British Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Geoffrey Howe: "The largest cause of high interest rates is the present and prospective borrowing requirement of the U.S. Federal Government...
...Unlike Sir Francis Chichester, the late great British circumnavigator who spliced the main brace with gin, rum, whisky, brandy, wine and beer, Jeantot consumed no liquor during the trip; through heavy spray and parching sun, however, he remained a heavy smoker of unfiltered Gauloises. Bachelor Philippe is no gourmet, preparing three shipboard meals a day from one can each of vegetables, meat and dessert, heated on his butane stove and forked out of the can directly to save dishwashing. Jeantot's only hedonistic indulgence was a cassette player, with which he regaled himself with favorites that ranged from Pink...