Word: vernon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...full impact of Carnesale's appointment onthe Kennedy School will depend on the choice ofhis successor, said Raymond Vernon, Dillonprofessor of international affairs, emeritus...
...shuffles, flicks and flips, he expounds fondly on the achievements of George Devol, a 19th century sharper and headbutter, and warmly evokes the memory of his two contemporary masters Dai Vernon and Charlie Miller, both now deceased, who shared their secrets with their gifted acolyte. Photos of Vernon and Miller can be seen on the bookcase of the fin-de-siecle gaming room that serves as the show's sole set, and a carte de visite featuring a picture of the 19th century illusionist Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser actually shows up in a prop for one of the show's loveliest...
Sharpton and two attorneys, Alton H. Maddox Jr. and C. Vernon Mason, took up the case. They did not let Brawley speak to a grand jury or with New York Attorney General Robert Abrams. When Brawley's mother was subpoenaed, Sharpton advised her not to testify and took her to a church for sanctuary...
Figley, the older suspect, had boarded at Stevens' house, drunk with him at a bar called McGhan's, and was regarded locally as a harmless layabout under his younger friend's sway. Last June, Stevens sent Figley on a deadly errand ! to Mount Vernon, Kentucky, police say. There, under the name Leslie V. Milbury, Figley bought 55 lbs. of Power Prime dynamite. (Government officials later noted pointedly that explosives can be sold over the counter as easily as guns could before the Brady Bill.) Back in New York, the two used around 48 sticks' worth to craft last week...
...other notable campus controversy is the business practices of a Senior Fellow of the Yale Corporation. Vernon Loucks, who had sat on the corporation board longer than anyone else, came under fire for the ethics of his company, Baxtor International. Baxtor had to pay a large federal fine last spring and students called for his resignation...