Word: vernon
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Onassis, Senator Edward M. Kennedy '54, Robert S. McNamara, Lord Harlech, Senator John C. Culver, George C. Lodge '50, Professor of Business Administration, and Vernon E. Jordon Jr. were among the "family" members at the Faculty Club last night...
...whole thing is so like the death of a loved one is that there's nowhere to vent your frustration and rage, no one to ask why, no one to blame. If this were 1950, the pitcher who smashed his hand with a fastball might be blamed. After all, Vernon Ruhle looks like he'd be out castrating beef cattle for fun if he wasn't a relief pitcher for the Tigers. But the days of beanball wars are over: even the designated hitter rule, which theoretically lets pitchers zap people with impunity (they themselves don't have...
...union some times neglects to press grievances for its members, and about a dozen retired Teamsters have filed lawsuits contending that the union brass in some areas illegally denied them pensions. But on the whole, the Teamsters do deliver the contract goods-and not only for truckers. Policemen in Vernon, Calif, had been getting 5% annual raises before they joined Teamster Local 911; this year the local won them a 16.5% boost...
John Doar, LL.D. By your patient craftsmanship in the impeachment proceedings of the United States House of Representatives, you proved that the political and legal systems of this nation are reliable even under extraordinary stress. Thomas J. Watson Jr., LL.D., chairman of the executive committee, IBM. Vernon Jordan Jr., LL.D., executive director, National Urban League...
...Three of its six $38,000-a-year seats have been filled with losers. The President appointed one: former Missouri Congressman Tom Curtis, 63, who lost his Senate race against Tom Eagleton. Two others were named by House party leaders: Rhode Island Democrat Robert Tiernan, 46, and Wisconsin Republican Vernon Thomson...