Word: thayers
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When Paul Thayer became Deputy Secretary of Defense a year ago, he brought a hard-nosed businessman's approach to the Pentagon bureaucracy. As chairman of both the LTV Corp., a Dallas-based energy, steel and aerospace conglomerate, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, he had complained about wasteful Government spending, including the military's. His new job as No. 2 at the Pentagon, with particular responsibility for weapons procurement, gave Thayer the chance to use his private-sector savvy to pare public-sector...
...flight. And even the gatehouse was closed for the night. (Inside it, the gatemice were snoring space. Though they didn't, it's true, have a whole lot of space.) Not a yell or a whimper, a drum or tape-player Was heard from the depths of Holworthy or Thayer. The deans and their cohorts had left for points South And those left behind were too down in the mouth To join up with the crowds crushing in at the door To buy gifts for their families at Store 24. Those errands aren't ours, though; our shopping is through...
Sunday, Regina M. Sasha '87, Cimino's roommate in Thayer 28 and three friends rented a car to drive to New Haven and visit her. "I think she's going to be okay," said Sasha, "her spirits were good." She also added that Cimino 'loves mail...
Landlords, however, say that any measures preventing maintenance of their buildings are not feasible. "Sacrificing maintenance of housing stock for affordability is ignoring the long-term reality," Thayer says...
...landlords counter that such a move would hurt the city economically. Thayer says there is sufficient capital risk in getting a project started that such stringent restriction would drive new development out of town. Laverty adds that a lack of development would decrease the tax base in the city...