Word: virginia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Jason and I were best friends in Reston, Virginia, where we grew up. One of the nation's first planned communities, Reston fondly referred to itself as a "place called Reston," clearly setting itself apart from places where other people live like towns or cities...
...conservatives and moderates hope for Sen. Sam Nunn (D--Ga.) or former Virginia Governor and Senatorelect Charles Robb. But it's not going to happen. In addition to serious ideological liabilities (Nunn has been weak on civil rights and strong on nerve gas and SDI), each of the two faces personal obstacles. Compared to Nunn, even Dukakis bubbles with charisma, and there are rumors that Robb's social life makes Gary Hart's look monastic. (Even unsubstantiated rumors are politically damaging, as Dukakis knows all too well...
...Senior Virginia Smith, head administrative manager, describes her job as being a "crisis manager." "You have to keep calm," Smith says...
...Virginia Thornburgh, the coordinator of programs for persons with disabilities at the University, and several administrators, will host a public reception at the IOP at 7 p.m. Thursday, said Berger...
With a bachelor's degree from Harvard and a double master's in literature and education from the University of Virginia, New Yorker Carol Jackson Cashion seemed a natural for a high-powered career in publishing or the arts. So last summer when cocktail chatter turned to the inevitable "What do you do?" question, Cashion was prepared for the shocked reaction. She told her companions that in the fall she would begin teaching at Brooklyn's Edward R. Murrow High School. Reports Cashion: "They looked at me as if I had just flown in from Mars...