Word: prescott
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hazelnut imbroglio wasn't Tony's first dip into murky foreign political waters. In 1997, sources tell TIME, Tony--working as a consultant for a company trying to do business in Russia--arranged a White House meeting for Moscow's powerful Mayor Yuri Luzhkov. Rodham was working for Gene Prescott, who was involved in IBN, a start-up that wanted to bring "smart" credit-debit cards to Russia and was hoping for the support of Luzhkov. Prescott knew Luzhkov wanted to meet with Clinton and asked Tony if he could set it up, according to Tony. Former White House officials...
...Rodham using his pull to line his own pocket? Rodham says he had no money invested in IBN, although he was paid by Prescott, a Florida hotel owner, for his work on the company's behalf. "I called the Russia desk at the White House, at the NSC, as anybody in this country can do," said Rodham in an interview. But is it possible his request was treated differently from the way it might have been if his name were, say, Jones? Indeed, another prominent American working in Russia relations, who asked not to be named, made a similar call...
...site, this includes "an upgrade of the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, humidity control, electrical, lighting, fire suppression and security systems," as well as additional offices and reading rooms in the previously useless light courts. And it's no coincidence that one of the main project goals for Einhorn Yaffee Prescott, the architectural firm handling the renovation, is "preserving the historic character of exterior and interior spaces." Step on one Widener family toe, and the library reverts to the control of the city of Cambridge...
These 100 professors would all be called the "Radcliffe Professors," and they would teach undergraduates and graduates for credit. Women's Studies should move from Prescott Street to Fay House or a larger facility in the Radcliffe Yard; its status as a committee should be upgraded to that of a full department. The Radcliffe Institute should still be formed, but to support independent research for Women's Studies only...
...events of and leading up to April 19, 1775 have been all but imprinted in our minds since we were in elementary school: The signal from Boston's Old North Church--"one if by land, two if by sea"; the midnight rides of Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott to warn the countryside that "the British are coming"; and, of course, the rebel militia at Concord North Bridge who fired at British troops after the "Shot Heard Round The World...