Word: tirelessness
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DIED. JUDE WANNISKI, 69, conservative journalist who, as an editorial writer for the Wall Street Journal in the 1970s, coined the phrase "supply-side economics" for the theory, later embraced by Ronald Reagan, that tax cuts spur production and growth; of a heart attack; in Morristown, N.J. A tireless publicity hound, he went on to advise G.O.P. candidates and write the economics tome The Way the World Works, prompting fellow conservative George Will to write, "I wish that I were as confident about something as he is of everything...
...asked the folks at Roc-A-Fella records to let him rap, there was an uncomfortable silence. As a producer, West had churned out hits for Roc-A-Fella's intimidating trio of stars--Jay-Z, Cam'ron and Beanie Siegel--and earned praise for his great ear and tireless ethic. But in 2002 the idea that someone like West could be a successful rapper was faintly absurd. "Kanye wore a pink shirt with the collar sticking up and Gucci loafers," recalls Damon Dash, then Roc-A-Fella CEO. "It was obvious we were not from the same place...
...with two Nobel prizewinners) among five recipients of the 1985 Albert Lasker medical research and public service awards. Mary Lasker, 84, who with her late husband Albert established the prestigious honors 40 years ago, presented Landers with a statuette and a $15,000 honorarium "for her 30 years of tireless commitment to improve the physical and emotional health of the American people." Health inquiries, once just 5% of Landers' mail, now amount to nearly a third. "People began writing to me with their medical problems," she says, "because I was a good, easy and cheap way for them...
Last May CITIC opened a four-member office in Manhattan's World Trade Center to deal directly with U.S. banks and corporations. Headed by Ding Chen, 56, a Harvard-trained economist, the facility hums with activity. Awed moneymen quickly dubbed Ding "Dr. Go" for his tireless jaunts around the country to acquaint firms with Chinese investment opportunities. At one Washington gathering, CITIC lined up $60 million of new business. In his talks, Ding is careful to soothe any fears about China's future. Says he: "China's open-door policy is not a transient expedient. It will not be changed...
...splendid job within the resource constraints he had to work with,” Kuhn writes in an e-mail. “He was a tireless advocate for the Graduate School, handling a tough job honestly and loyally...