Word: totems
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Washington -- FBI agents are almost giddy over the appointment of their new director, Louis Freeh, the former agent who will fill the tiny shoes of William Sessions, the fbi chief who was recently sacked. Some agents posted at headquarters -- considered a bottom-of-the-totem-pole assignment -- are actually seeking delays in their promotions so they can watch Freeh in action. Other agents who were scheduled to retire have decided to stick around awhile, even though such a decision means missing out on a one-time-only $25,000 buyout plan being offered this year...
...have Actisite and other new treatments not been approved for general use in the U.S.? "The FDA is burdened with life-or-death priorities like AIDS and cancer," says Michael Newman, a professor of periodontics at the UCLA School of Dentistry. "Dental products are low on the totem pole." Other dental researchers wonder whether acceptance of the therapies is being delayed by periodontists who don't want to lose part of their lucrative oral-surgery practice. "European countries are definitely more receptive," Loesche says. "Part of it is that they don't have a strong periodontal establishment...
...Judiciary Committee. He was a rapid proponent of segregation in 1948 but has since become a repentant integrator. Originally a Democrat, he has become the definition of an archconservative Republican. Even with his experience, Thurmond must rest a few notches below Metzenbaum on the whom-do-you-trust totem pole...
...Bill Clinton seeks to understand his quick transit from hero to goat (and hopefully back to hero) -- the roller-coaster common to the modern presidency -- this assessment from a 1983 New York Times editorial has become a totem among senior Administration officials. "Reagan was a goner, right?" says a Clinton adviser. "But then the business cycle took an upturn, and he won big a year later. Reagan's ups and downs remind us to take the long view. Bill Clinton won't be dead until he's laid out with his sax." It's simple, the President himself explained privately...
...that started at the lowest point on the totem pole and worked my way up from there," he said...