Word: weil
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...GORDON WEIL, 35, while not an economist (he holds a Ph.D. from Columbia in government), is the liaison between the candidate and his advisers. Some of the latter complain that Weil shielded McGovern too tightly from their thoughts-including their second ones on how much some programs might cost-with the result that the Senator has had to retreat from much of his original arithmetic. Weil admits that while drafting the widely criticized April summary of McGovern's economic positions, "I did not expect it to be subject to this kind of scrutiny." Nevertheless, he maintains that "we have...
...breeder is a monster," says David Comey, environmental director for Chicago's Businessmen in the Public Interest. Nuclear Pioneer George Weil agrees, calling the breeder concept "dangerous and unproved." Some objections focus on the use of liquid sodium (a tricky substance that explodes on contact with water and burns in air) as a cooling medium. Others concern the fuel, plutonium, the basic ingredient of the hydrogen bomb and one of the deadliest substances known. Finally, the critics wonder how to get rid of radioactive wastes from any nuclear reactor, some of which remain lethal for 500,000 years...
News-Oriented. Sometimes Miller acts upon sheer impulse. In 1969 he received a routine letter-having nothing to do with purchasing properties-from Louis Weil, president of Federated Publications. After glancing at the names of Federated's seven papers on the letterhead, Miller promptly phoned Weil. "Look," he said, "I see that you're not in any states where we are, and we're not in any states where you are. Why not talk about a possible merger?" Only four months later, Gannett agreed to buy out Federated. Miller shuns the biggest cities, where purchase costs...
Coxing the victorious Radcliffe team was Laurie Green. Charlotte Crane rowed the eighth position, Martha McDaniel rowed number seven, Dorothy Horns rowed sixth, Julie Meck fifth, Sarah Wood fourth, Cathy Barbash third, Judy Levine second, and Debby Weil rowed the bow position...
Charlotte Crane stroked the 'Cliffe crew, with Martha MacDaniel. Dotty Horns, and Julie Meck at seven, six, and five. The bow four included Judy Levine. Debbie Weil, Sarah Wood, and Cathy Barbash, at four, three, two, and bow respectively...