Word: modelling
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...group that chose Derek C. Bok to lead Harvard University in 1970 was not exactly a model of diversity...
Jackson obviously sees the show as a way of staying in the public eye while contemplating his next political move. For a model, he need look no further than former President Ronald Reagan, who kept hope alive during the interregnum between the California governorship and the White House by doing radio commentary. Jackson's advisers hope the show will present a "cooler" Jesse Jackson than the image viewers usually get. "Most people only know Jesse from a 20-to-30-second snippet of a speech, where he's near a crescendo," says longtime aide Frank Watkins. "In TV terms...
...Khafji crossing point on the Saudi-Kuwait border last week, air- conditioned Mercedes-Benz and other late-model sedans lined up by the hundreds. Their passengers told stories of beatings, looting and nights full of gunfire. While there is still food in the shops, they said, rationing had begun, and Iraqis had first claim on all supplies. Other refugees told of shootings, explosions and summary executions of suspected resistance fighters...
Also addressing the crowd was Boston Universityprofessor Iris Gomez, who spoke about thedifficulty in connecting a legal education withreal-world experience. "As a representative of thelegal community, it is hard for me to havecredibility...when those institutions that trainedus do not represent that integrated model ofjustice," she said
Nebraska's Governor served as an unpaid model in a recent Lands' End mail- order catalog promoting the company's attache bag. Now Democratic opponent Ben Nelson is complaining that the publicity from the ad constitutes an undeclared contribution to her re-election campaign...