Word: spheres
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Long before The A-Team became a hit television show, Sears had its own Mr. T. In a polite and personable way, Chairman Edward Riggs Telling, 65, who is 6 ft. 2 in. and 220 Ibs., can be as tough in his sphere as that big bruiser with the Mandinka haircut. A former colleague recalls that Telling once delivered a friendly but firm ultimatum to the man ager of a money-losing store. "You know your job is on the line," said Telling. "This is September, and I don't see any reason why you can't turn...
Heiskell says his particular sphere of influence within the Corporation is in helping pick the people to receive honorary degrees at each year's Commencement, and in explaining why he serves on the governing body, he reflects some of the same liberalism as does Calkins. "I don't know--I suppose there's a certain pride in being on the Corporation, and I guess most of us are in the position to return some of the goodies we have gotten from the system...
...intersection of North 8th and Park streets in Manitowoc, Wis. The debris was later identified by the U.S. Air Force as a fragment of Soviet Sputnik 4, launched two years earlier. It was the first certified piece of space litter to hit the U.S. In 1963 a charred metal sphere with a 15-in. diameter turned up on a sheep ranch in New South Wales. It was part of a Soviet space vehicle, but the U.S.S.R. never claimed...
...curiously passive book, Susan Brownmiller examines the historical basis for the wide range of ways in which men and women differ. Brownmiller invokes the concept of a "feminine ethic" and proffers numerous literary and historical anecdotes to support the idea of a feminine sphere of behavior Ultimately, though, Brownmiller ends most of her chapters with questions, not answers, and if she intended to leave her readers with a message, it is indecipherable...
...Poland. In the debate within the Administration over Central America, Haig advocated the toughest policies to counter Soviet interventionism. But on Poland, his position in the intramural debate was reversed: he was the principal advocate of American caution and restraint. Where Haig viewed Poland as part of the Soviet sphere, some of his chief rivals-Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese, now the embattled Attorney General-designate; William Clark, who initially served Haig as Deputy Secretary of State but later squabbled with him as National Security Adviser; and Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger-saw it as an opportunity for the Administration to score...