Word: topically
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reverend Peter J. Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, said of the Archbishop's sermon, "I am completely delighted. If I were to give a sermon on that topic, that is exactly what I would have said...
...help organize a celebration for undergraduates--of "betraying" the voters who elected me. Along with Joe Kahn, the president of The Crimson, I did plan a symposium on the future of higher education. William Bennett, the Secretary of Education, will be coming to Memorial Hall to discuss this topic with all interested members of our community. Several students have been invited to have tea with him afterward. Granted, not everyone at Harvard may have tea with the Secretary. But any reasonable person would agree that the tea is a rare opportunity for some students to take a bigger part...
...those in attendance described the meal as a "brainstorming session." The main topic: CBS's continued independence. Said the board source: "We just didn't want the company to go the way of ABC and NBC. We didn't want CBS to be part of a big conglomerate...
Investment Banker Wolfensohn was said to be among the first to raise the topic of CBS's purchase by another firm. Some of the directors were disturbed by reports, including those in a Newsweek cover story on CBS's troubles, that Wyman had talked to officials at several companies about a possible merger. (TIME has learned that feelers were indeed received by Philip Morris.) According to one of those present at the Ritz-Carlton, the directors considered such a purchase a bad idea; Paley was especially opposed. As a board source later explained, "We don't want the management...
...angles were just right. Ken Khachigian, a former Reagan campaign speechwriter known for his rhetorical flair, collaborated on the address. The details had to be perfect, for the President and his wife were going to speak to America on a subject that has emerged as the nation's hottest topic: the fight against drug abuse...