Background
Wasserman, Paul was born on January 8, 1924 in Newark. Son of Joseph and Sadie (Ringelescu) Wasserman.
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Test your knowledge with modern explorers as they roam the world's great places--real and mythical, ancient and contemporary, celebrated and obscure--unearthing curious facts and cultural gems. Arranged in the time-honored A to Z manner so loved by these two scholars, their explorations range over more than 300 biblical, historical, mythical, literary and real places with curious facts and suggested readings for each. Includes: ·Armageddon-- An ancient fortified city in Palestine and the most important archaeological site in present day Israel . . . It was here in 1468 BCE that an Egyptian army led by Pharaoh Thutmuse III attacked the Canaanite army controlling Megiddo. ·Lascaux Cave--Located above the Vezere River Valley close to the town of Montignac, Dordogne, in southwest central France contains the most extensive and well preserved examples of prehistoric art of all caves in Ice Age Europe. ·Amazonia--The fabled land of formidable women warriors who played a prominent role in Greek mythology. ·Asbestos, Canada--A small city in the southern part of the province of Quebec, 26 miles north of Sherbrooke, not only does this town have a unique name based on the discovery of asbestos here in 1878, but it has also played an important role in Canadian labor history.
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"Washington DC From A to Z" is an easy-to-use guide for anyone exploring the nation’s capital. Organized alphabetically, there are over 1900 entries under easy-to-find headings like Washington Monument, Smithsonian, Jefferson Memorial, and Hard Rock Cafe. Each entry includes a description, location, telephone number, explanation on how to get there, and other details such as hours of operation, admission charges, and credit card acceptability. Cross references lead to additional information on each topic. This book offers users a convenient, simple approach to information about the hundreds of topics of interest to tourists and natives in Washington, D.C.
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("New York From A to Z" is an easy-to-use guide for anyone...)
"New York From A to Z" is an easy-to-use guide for anyone exploring the five boroughs of New York City. Organized alphabetically, there are over 1900 entries under easy-to-find headings like Statue of Liberty, Chinatown, Empire State Building, and Saks Fifth Avenue. Each entry includes a description, location, telephone number, explanation on how to get there, and other details such as hours of operation, admission charges, and credit card acceptability. Cross-references lead to further information on each topic. This book offers users a convenient, simple approach to information about the hundreds of topics of interest to tourists and natives in New York City.
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Weasel Words: The colorful words that narrow the range of thought, inflate language, avoid responsibility, alleviate the discomfort of a waffling speaker, make the bad sound good, are at variance with the real or purported meaning, are a misnomer, euphemism, evasion, or are simply delightful forms of flim-flam identified by the two distortion detectives. From A to Z––this hard-hitting, politically savvy dictionary takes on all those American evasions, put-on-holds, distortions, circumventions, obfuscations, and misleading terms that constantly besiege us in today’s “spinning” world, as well as popular catch phrases that simply annoy. Now when you listen to politicians, academics, bureaucrats, and television’s talking heads, or get sent on an endless round of recorded euphemisms on the telephone when you are trying desperately to get help or clarification––you’ll really understand what you are hearing. The authors, both veterans of government and academia, provide a handbook for deciphering such weaseling jewels as: · amicable often followed by agreement, meaning both sides were mutually disgruntled by the outcome · economically disadvantaged for poor · encore TV broadcast the rerun ad nauseum of previously broadcast television programs. · episode a bureaucratic term used by governments and power companies to indicate a hazardous condition resulting in illness and death due to excessive pollution or radiation leaks. · mild irregularity for the last unmentionable on TV, constipation. · negative economic growth for recession. · mobile home community for trailer park · o.g.a. for “other government agency,” used by the military at overseas interrogation sites to indicate the Central Intelligence Agency · sound science for anti-environmental policies that ignore scientific evidence. The authors provide a guide to the rich and varied language of deception, evasion and cant threatening today’s society useful for students of English, business ethics, government and popular culture. They you and other connoisseurs of clear English and fed-up progressives to help them stamp out weasel words and get to the heart of what’s wrong with our society today––one “weasel word” at a time. From A to Z––this hard-hitting, politically savvy dictionary takes on all those American evasions, put-on-holds, distortions, circumventions, obfuscations, and misleading terms that constantly besiege us in today’s “spinning” world. Now when you listen to politicians, academics, bureaucrats, and television’s talking heads, or get sent on an endless round of recorded euphemisms on the telephone when you are trying desperately to get help or clarification––you’ll really understand what you are hearing. The authors, both veterans of government and academia, search for the real meaning behind such weaseling understatements of truth as: · economic adjustment for recession when business is bad; · broad abstractions for unacceptable ideas, · preemptive counterattack for an attack on another country when U.S. allies might not agree with our policy; · pre-owned for used when disguising the age of a car; Weaseling politically correct euphemisms such as: · economically disadvantaged" for poor when politicians are downplaying their needs; and · sound science for anti-environmental policies that ignore scientific evidence. The authors invite other connoisseurs of clear English and fed-up progressives to help them stamp out weasel words and get to the heart of what’s wrong with our society today––one “weasel word” at a time.
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library and information science professor
Wasserman, Paul was born on January 8, 1924 in Newark. Son of Joseph and Sadie (Ringelescu) Wasserman.
Bachelor of Business Administration, College City New York, 1948. Master of Science in Library Science, Columbia, 1949. Master of Science, Columbia, 1950.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1960. Postgraduate, Western Reserve University, 1964.
Advertising manager, Zuckerberg Company. New York City, 1946-1948;
assistant to business library, Brooklyn Public Library, 1949-1951;
chief science and industry division, Brooklyn Public Library, 1951-1953;
librarian, assistant professor, Graduate School Business and Public Administration, Cornell Univercity, 1953-1956;
library, associate professor, Graduate School Business and Public Administration, Cornell Univercity, 1956-1962;
librarian, professor, Graduate School Business and Public Administration, Cornell Univercity, 1962-1965;
dean, U. Maryland. College Library and Information Sciences, 1965-1970;
professor, U. Maryland.
College Library and Information Sciences, 1970-1997;
professor emeritus, U. Maryland. College Library and Information Sciences, since 1997. Visiting professor University of Michigan, summers 1960, 63, 64, Asian Institute Technology, U. Hawaii, U. Hong Kong, summer 1988, Chulalongkorn U., Bangkok, 1990, U. Washington, summer 1991, University of Wisconsin, summer 1991, University of Wisconsin, summer 1992, C.W. Post College, Long Island U., 1993, Institute Science and Technology China, Beijing, 1996.
Isabel Nichol lecturer Denver U. Library. School, 1968; market research consultant Laux Advertising, Inc., 1955-1959, Gale Research Company, Detroit, 1959-1960, 63-64. Research planning consultant Indiana U. School Business, 1961-1962.
Consultant to United States Public Health Service as member manpower training review committee National Library. Medicine, 1966-1969, Ohio Board Regents, 1969, Omngraphics Inc., 1988-1991, Volunteers in Technical Service, summer 1987. Director Documentation Abstracts, Inc., 1970-1973, vice president, 1971-1973.
Fulbright professor Warsaw U., 1993-1994. Research project director Kellogg Study, 1996-1968.
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(Book by Wasserman, Paul)
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Active United States Committee on Education and Training for International Federation for Information and Documentation, 1993-1994. Served with United States Army, 1943-1946. Member American Association of University Professors, American Library Association, American Society Information Science, Special Libraries Association (editor, chairman publication project., Distinguished Member award business division 1996-2009).
Married Krystyna Ostrowska, 1973. Children: Jacqueline R., Steven R.