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Despite perennial complaints about the Federal Reserve's autonomy, the board has over the years usually taken its cues from the politicians in power. "There were three Arthur Burnses," observes Robert Weintraub, a senior congressional economist. "One for Nixon, one for Ford and one for Carter. The Fed has always done pretty much what the Administration wants...
Donald E. Fanger, chairman of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, first approached the 33-year-old Poznan native about a job here in the fall of 1977, after Wiktor Weintraub announced plans to retire from the Jurzykowski Professorship of Polish Languages and Literatures, the only such chair in the United States. The offer of a teaching post to Baranczak--who accepted it in March 1978--was made strictly on the basis of his academic credentials, which include several volumes of poetry, literary criticism and English translation...
...Baranczak's release is very significant," Wiktor Weintraub, Jurzykowski Professor of Polish Language and Literature Emeritus, said yesterday. "Not only is he a specialist in literature, but he is also active politically, and will make an impact on both Polish and Western culture...
...Weintraub discussed the problems of writers in Poland today, saying. "Writers are privileged citizens, and to enjoy this privilege, they must be obedient...
...glad to hear this news. This had been dragging on for so long and had become a nightmare," Wiktor Weintraub, Jurzykowski Professor of Polish Languages and Literatures Emeritus, said last night...