Word: mastering
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...have been very hard on deans in the past andI withheld my judgement about Fred on how well hewould be able to take over a situation that wasquite bad. The relationship between the housemasters and the dean of the College [Fox] was nothealthy," says Lowell House Master William H.Bossert. "But I can't fault Fred on any majoraction, [although] we have disagreed...
...unusually good administrator," saysNorth House Master J. Woodland Hastings."Decisions are now made much more smoothly...
...easy to talk and listen to him," saysWinthrop House Co-Master Martha H. Davis. "Youfeel that he wants to solve the problem and notmanipulate anyone...
North was an obsessive master of detail, organizing everything from building a 6,520-ft. runway in Costa Rica to controlling the movements of a Danish- registered ship for the purpose of carrying weapons to the contras, and writing up talking points for negotiations with shady arms merchants. Whenever the Administration's enthusiasm seemed to be flagging on either the Iran or contra front, North whirled into action, proposing new policies for extricating the hostages and novel ways to raise more millions for the Nicaraguan rebels, sometimes employing the most outrageous of lies and schemes to keep the action going...
...WOULD be paranoid to blame it all on some enormous plot, masterminded by the Master of Amnesia himself--but let's not name names, the President has been getting enough abuse lately. But the grim fact of the matter is that blame for the short attention span of the American public must be laid on the baby boomers...