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...worry about the consumer being overwhelmed by the selection," says Joseph Doyle, an analyst with the Wall Street firm of Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co. Notes John Bergin, president of the McCann-Erickson/USA advertising agency, with tongue firmly planted in cheek: "We certainly are quenching the thirst needs of Americans...
There has, nonetheless, been a great deal written about the Board. So much so, in fact, that there is probably little that I can say here which will be new to those who have sought to inform themselves about the Administrative Board. People whose thirst for information about the Board is not sated by reading this essay, and I expect there will be few in that category, might like to look at other publications. The Undergraduate Council has recently distributed a question and answer pamphlet about the Board which is quite useful. Those who would like a more official version...
Norman Lear, the acclaimed producer known for his immensely successful television shows, concluded a two-day visit to Harvard yesterday, saying, "It's invigorating to be around young people with incredible minds and a thirst for curiosity and knowledge...
...White Nile floods and temporarily extends the swamp another 4,300 sq. mi. Says Daniel Yong, a member of the area's nomadic Dinka tribe and a Jonglei Canal project official: "In the rainy season there is water everywhere, but in the dry season you can die of thirst." The Sudd proved an obstacle to 19th century explorers, but today it is more of a hindrance to economic development. It can take a year for water entering the swamp to course through twisting channels; during that time, half of the precious liquid evaporates or is absorbed by plants...
Donald Kendall, chairman of PepsiCo, whose bottling plants in the U.S.S.R. have been quenching Russian thirst since the Nixon years, contended that Reagan's on-and-off "light-switch commercial policy" branded the U.S. an unreliable supplier. Still, 15 more plants to bottle Pepsi will be uncapped soon. General Electric and Dresser Industries, two companies that would have been stung badly if the pipeline sanctions had gone on, now will be able to deliver their goods...