Word: turned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Richmond decided not to turn pro at age 17, and she returned home with her sights set on Harvard--and college tennis...
While Jackson was trying to convince Harvard, he also had to turn around and sell the Boston Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) on the idea. Although initially unenthusiastic, the local boxing officials were impressed that Jackson had already lined up several New York Golden Glovers through Dick Mc Guire, his football trainer and boxing instructor at Fordham Prep. A 40-year veteran of the fight game, McGuire helped Jackson convince the Boston AAU of the project's feasibility...
...student committee members are indeed chosen--at least indirectly--as representatives. At Rosovsky's request, the Educational Resources Group (ERG) elected these students from its ranks. ERG members, in turn, are elected yearly in the Houses. Conveniently ignoring this selection process, Rosovsky insists that students on the Core Committees should just express their ideas and not try to act as spokesmen for the student body. If Rosovsky just wanted random ideas, he could have bypassed ERG and picked the members arbitrarily...
...natural advantage in gaining access to Congressmen. Not many Congressmen can afford to turn away the head of a $50 billion corporation. In fact, many members of Congress welcome the CEOs, soaking up the glamour associated with extreme wealth. In the 95th Congress, Senator Howard O. Metzenbaum (D-Ohio) asked deButts to lunch to discuss public governance of the corporation, while Senator Jacob Javits (R-N.Y.) contacted deButts to solicit the business community's help on urban problems...
AGAIN, AS in my encounter with the writer, I wouldn't have been so upset had I not admired him so much. Everytime something like this happens, and it has happened many times, I am shocked, and then in turn I am shocked at my shock. In retrospect my reactions have been masterpieces of naivete. Admittedly, it happens less often nowadays, as I have become harder, more distrustful and more self-protective. Very few people can drive me to near tears with frustration. Not the blatant bigots, to whom I am at best a "little black girl," at worst...