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John Bynoe, head of the regional HEW office, said the only thing he had noticed about Harvard's plan so far was that it is "bigger than Webster's Dictionary...

Author: By Susan F. Kinsley, | Title: Harvard Submits Hiring Plan To Satisfy HEW Guidelines | 5/4/1973 | See Source »

That definition might well be considered for the next edition of Webster's. The New York Times last week published a list of ambassadors appointed by President Nixon, along with the amounts that they contributed to his last two elections. The price for even the least prestigious post seems to run to five figures. Thus, in ascending order, V. John Krehbiel, Ambassador to Finland, paid out $19,000 to the G.O.P. in the past four years; Anthony D. Marshall, the ambassador to sunny Trinidad and Tobago, $75,505; John P. Humes, Ambassador to Austria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Payola on Embassy Row | 4/16/1973 | See Source »

Since I was the only other credited writer in the film's press release, I would like to assure you that the young Tony Webster was as pleasantly deranged as anybody there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 2, 1973 | 4/2/1973 | See Source »

...TONY WEBSTER...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 2, 1973 | 4/2/1973 | See Source »

...original issue of View from the Congress Gallery (1795), by Peter Porcupine (Reporter William Cobbett). "It is never lonely at my house late at night after the kids have gone to bed," says MacNeil. "I simply throw open a copy of the Congressional Globe and say hello to Dan Webster or Henry Clay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jan. 15, 1973 | 1/15/1973 | See Source »

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