Word: stinting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...superb analyst, first-rate both as an academic and as an assistant. Truly versatile," said Paul N. Ylvisaker, who served as dean of the Graduate School of Education where Bane taught before her Washington stint...
Marriage--to a Lawrence girl he'd known since first grade--and then the Second World War interrupted Kelleher's scholarly career. After a stint in the quartermaster corps, he was assigned to the Pentagon and military intelligence, which thought it needed an expert in Ireland. "They soon decided they didn't, and so I was switched to the Korea desk. I comforted myself with the thought that Korea must be the Ireland of Asia," he says...
Covered by cameras hidden behind screens, the litigants take their places at lecterns* and argue their cases before Joseph Wapner, 61, a silver-haired retired judge whose 20-year career on the bench began with a stint in Los Angeles small-claims court. Wapner deliberates during a commercial break, then renders his judgment, which is final, since the parties on the show must waive their right to proceed in a real courtroom...
Much of what Moses did in those early years was beyond reproach. After a stint at the Bureau of Municipal Research--numbers and documentation were always a Progressive passion--he began to work for New York Governor Al Smith. During the early years, he supervised the creation of Jones Beach, the most remarkable public beach in the world, full of the amenities once accessible only to the rich. But Moses did it his way, without interference from the tainted politicians. This time, in Jones Beach, Moses' work was almost indisputably good for all, but that would change, as his power...
...company for whom Robert Fletcher designed costumes in the AST's first season was a little-known young Canadian actor who played Antony in Julius Caesar and Ferdinand in The Tempest. His name was Christopher Plummer. The next year he portrayed Henry V both in Canada and Scotland--a stint that catapulted him to stardom, and a performance I have always regretted missing. For the past two decades Plummer has merited inclusion on any list of Plummer has merited inclusion on any list of the dozen finest actors in the English-speaking world. Like Guinness and (for a time) Brando...