Word: cochairman
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...spread. What distinguished them from previous pronouncements was the authority of their authors (the National Academy of Sciences was chartered by Congress in 1863 as a private body to give advice to the Federal Government), their uncompromisingly blunt language and the urgent tone of their recommendations. Said David Baltimore, cochairman of the NAS committee, at a Washington press conference: "This is a national health crisis . . . We are quite honestly frightened about the prospects...
When the Nobel Committee awarded its 1985 peace prize to the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, the choice hardly seemed controversial. In a gesture of East-West amity, Soviet Cochairman Dr. Yevgeni Chazov and his U.S. counterpart, Dr. Bernard Lown, were named as recipients. A delighted Soviet government decided to allow its ambassador in Oslo to attend the Dec. 10 ceremonies. Moscow had boycotted Nobel proceedings since 1975, when Soviet Dissident Andrei Sakharov was awarded the coveted prize...
...architects to lunch at Manhattan's sumptuous Four Seasons restaurant in 1982. They presented a detailed plan for the line, but had so little capital that they could offer the architects no fees, only the promise of royalties. Says Swid, 42, whose husband Stephen is Knoll's cochairman...
...York City Mayor Ed Koch backs Mondale, as do Cuomo and 55 of 62 county chairmen. Unlike Illinois, New York does not allow independents and Republicans to vote in the Democratic primary, thus stripping Hart of his ability to reach outside the party. Says Hart's national cochairman, Theodore Sorensen: "It's tough. The entire Establishment is against...
...center hopes to encourage better understanding of the is sues facing the Middle East." So said for mer President Jimmy Carter last week as he launched a four-day conference at the new Carter Center of Emory University in Atlanta. The conference featured former President Gerald Ford as cochairman...