Word: stints
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...land claims settlement passed by Congress two weeks ago. "There is no reason why our people should have less of an opportunity for the good life than anyone else," says Jack Chenoweth, 27, a Harvard Law School graduate from New Jersey who became Barrow city manager after serving a stint as a VISTA volunteer. "It can be done, but it will cost money. Maybe somebody needs to help...
Presidential Poaching. Despite 31 years in national office and a stint as Democratic National Chairman under John F. Kennedy, the latest Harris poll pegs Jackson's recognition factor at only 41%. Thus his decision to follow his formal declaration with a $60,000 half-hour of prime-time national television to convey his message directly to the electorate. It is a steep price for a frugal man whose campaign is going...
...that time Papa had died, but Mama was there, having flown out and taken a hotel room with a kitchenette so that she could cook Beverly's dinner before each performance. Two years later, after seven unsuccessful auditions, Beverly finally joined the New York City Opera, beginning the stint as a highly regarded utility singer that eventually led to her emergence in 1966. Conspicuously missing from the Sills dossier, then as now, was the name of the Metropolitan Opera. "I happened in a different way from Caruso, or Price, or any of the others," says Beverly. "I made it without...
State Department beat after a stint in Eastern Europe. At the U.N. he covered the U.S. role in the proceedings. William Marmon, born in Richmond, once taught Latin in Greece, later covered the war in Viet Nam. Last week Marmon, along with David Aikman, analyzed China's probable impact on the U.N. (and vice versa). Aikman, an Englishman, has a doctorate in Chinese and Russian history, and is fluent in eight languages...
...kind of culture shock and a feeling of helplessness also afflicts some young middle-class doctors when they do get the opportunity to serve the poor. John Curd, 26, decided against community medicine after a two-month stint at Boston City Hospital. "To work there would just drive me nuts," he says. "The patient population depressed me to the point that I thought the earth was about to blow up and turn into fire. It really bothers me to take care of people who are just totally degenerate about their lives." Says Paul Simpson, 29, a resident at Massachusetts General...