Word: chair
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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George Bush sits in the soft light of the Oval Office, tilted back in his chair, brow knitted, rimless glasses in his restless hands, then on his nose, then off again. He suddenly swivels, points a long forefinger at a stack of papers in the center of his neat desk. It is Amnesty International's report on Iraqi atrocities in Kuwait. He's just been asked about compromising with Saddam Hussein...
...Alaska's new Governor, he promised to shake things up. Hickel's done so by ordering a Lincoln Continental and a $2,600 office chair. He also prefers to fly first class where he can. Wife Ermalee has decided that henceforth Governor's House will be termed a Mansion...
...When the Department of Education announced this week that it would cut federal funding to any school which doled out scholarships based on race, observers naturally assumed the decision had come from higher up. After all, everyone knew that race was a pet issue for new Republican Party Chair William Bennett. In fact, many thought Bennett would turn race into a central issue in the 1992 campaign. But then Bennett turned down the GOP job at the last minute, and word leaked out that Bush didn't even know about the decision beforehand. As a result, educators are now hoping...
...Earle G. Wheeler, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Congress that America would lose everything it had fought for in the Cold War if it did not fight to the finish in Vietnam. Last week, two former chairs, William Crowe and David Jones, told Congress that America should wait for the sanctions to work...
Joshua M. Sharfstein '91, The Crimson's editorial chair, is looking forward to medical school...