Word: elders
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there was ever a campus version of a "career politician," Evan J. Mandery '89 would probably fit the bill better than anyone else. In his four years on the Undergraduate Council, Mandery chaired two committees, served as parliamentarian, chair and, this year, as the body's unofficial elder statesman...
...following year, as the council's only "elder statesman," Mandery found his senior year on the council generally satisfying...
...that maps lead to buried treasure and X always marks the spot; that manly virtue will be rewarded with a king's garlands and a kiss at the fade-out. The Indy stories are just the most recent link in a chain forged at the first campfire, when an elder spun tales to keep the clan together and the demons...
...will succeed him? The leading Mr. Clean is Masayoshi Ito, 75, an elder statesman of the L.D.P. with a reputation for integrity. Among the five bickering factions that make up the L.D.P., he is the consensus choice, at least as a caretaker. But Ito, who is in poor health, has expressed his reluctance to take over, saying a "younger man" ought to get the job. Party insiders contend that Ito fears he will not be given sufficient independence. Already, a back-room struggle is under way as Takeshita and his supporters maneuver to ensure that they will continue to pull...
...development on the coastal plain would interfere with caribou migration and calving, the Gwich'in nation last June convened its first gathering in many generations, and passed a tribal resolution calling upon the Government to prohibit oil exploration or development in the refuge. Says Abel Tritt, a Gwich'in elder: "We don't worry about ourselves but about the herds, and the animals that depend on the herds. If the herd goes, they go, and then...