Word: yes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...answer: yes and yes. A 1949 graduate of Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, he will return as a professor of international economic policy. He will also become chairman of the Manhattan- based James D. Wolfensohn investment firm. Volcker picked Princeton because the school emphasizes broad economic issues. Wolfensohn's allure: the firm is small enough to let Volcker have a major influence, and the job is expected to pay more than $1 million a year. Volcker's annual salary as head...
...yes vote by the committee "would demonstrate their belief that the council will continue to exist and be an institutionalized part of the Harvard administration," Cooper said...
...possible that Jackson will emerge from the Super Tuesday frenzy next week rivaling the front runner in delegate totals. Moreover, if he continues to attract a slice of white votes, he would become, at least for a while, the legitimate front runner, one whose clout could overshadow the little "yes, but" asterisk next to his name...
...Taking off on a Campari Liqueur campaign that featured celebrities reminiscing about their "first time" -- with the drink, that is -- Hustler ran a spoof that portrayed the Rev. Jerry Falwell as a drunkard whose first sexual encounter was a tryst with his mother in an outhouse. Outrageous? Yes. Funny? Hardly. Plausible? No. But just in case, small print at the foot of the page warned the less discerning reader, "Ad parody -- not to be taken seriously...
Whenever possible, publishers like to send their books into the marketplace festooned with admiring quotations from familiar names. Hence this memoir, subtitled Reflections of a World War II Aviator, bears endorsements from the likes of James Dickey, Howard Nemerov, Russell Baker and Ted Williams. Ted Williams? Yes, indeed. And what does the "Splendid Splinter" have to say? "No matter what part of the service you were in as a young kid, you will relive many of the memories Sam Hynes has written about in this book." The sole problem with this recommendation is its exclusivity. In truth, Flights of Passage...