Word: staff
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...willingly, if painfully, through an editing process that slashed those hard-wrought words to fewer than 500,000−a throw-away of presidential verbiage that must make historians blink. Still, the final product is a book of 1,184 pages. And though Nixon had research help from his staff, as well as from writers who prepared drafts of some sections, the result, says Editor in Chief Robert Markell of Grosset & Dunlap, "is very much the former President's book and his words. It is his message not only to us here and now, but down through the ages...
...surrounded the presidential palace in Afghanistan's capital. President Mohammed Daoud, 68, and his younger brother and political confidant, Mohammed Nairn, had been killed after they "madly" resisted the coup. A new regime was in control, led by Col. Abdul Kadir, 37, the air force chief of staff...
...policy holders voted by a 5-to-1 ratio to transfer the headquarters to Toronto, Canada's bustling financial capital. Sun Life (assets: $5.5 billion) thus became the biggest company to move out of Quebec, although it has promised the federal government to delay any large transfer of staff for two years. Eventually, the move could cost Montreal 1,800 Sun Life jobs...
...Kahn, who often pads about his office in his socks, has an easy rapport with his top staff, which CAB critics agree is one of the sharpest in Washington. An outgoing man, Kahn has brought a new sense of style and unpredictability to the once stodgy agency. He has a passion for Gilbert and Sullivan, which he often indulged at Cornell by singing and prancing in student productions. His other obsession is clear English. Says he: "If you can't explain what you're doing in simple English, you are probably doing something wrong." He admits that...
...first issue of the magazine will contain 50 pages of poetry, short stories, photography, art, and humor by students, faculty, and staff at the Medical and Dental Schools, and the School of Public Health...