Word: summer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...letter sent just as the summer began in 1966, Gore wrote from his Tennessee home, "The cattle party was tonight--the sale is tomorrow. It's 11 o'clock and I have to be up at 5. That's not so bad but I didn't get any sleep last night...
Though he spent much of his early life in a fancy Washington, D. C. hotel--perhaps, some have said, giving him a sense of privilege--he spent most of his summer vacations in Tennessee. And nearly all of Gore's biographers, even the critical ones like Robert Zelnick, say that Gore's parents insisted that their son learn the value of working with his hands...
...inaccurate this is. During the past decade, 89 different faculty members from six professional schools and several Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) departments served as researchers or policy advisors on HIID projects, while some 60 faculty members (many different from the 89) served as lecturers in HIID's summer executive training programs for developing country professionals. Faculty members from FAS, the School of Public Health, Harvard Law School and other units of the University are currently involved as lead or supporting researchers or policy advisors on HIID projects...
...addition, HIID's core staff teach an annual average of 34 courses in six professional schools and five FAS departments; and HIID hires an average of 80 students a year in part-time positions, and provides summer travel grants to an average of some 20 students each year to enable them to pursue research in developing countries...
Moved PermanentlyMoved PermanentlyFortune Investor DataEven if they were a bit surprised by Tuesday's announcement, traders can now breathe a sigh of relief and enjoy their holidays. "This is the Fed's third tap on the brakes since summer," says Baumohl. "And it's probably not a bad thing, since it will end speculation for the next couple of months about any new movement on rates." It's likely, adds Baumohl, that this is the last interest rate adjustment we'll see in 1999, and perhaps well into 2000 - for reasons close to the chairman's heart. "Greenspan...