Search Details

Word: accountability (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Admissions officials note many legitimate reasons that account for the differences, and most are corrected by the time each September rolls around...

Author: By Cara M. Famillian, | Title: Reinforcing the Harvard Stereotype | 2/24/1989 | See Source »

...those admitted early, Mid-Atlantic and New England students account for more than half the total. Blacks, who make up 7 to 10 percent of the class as a whole, account for less than five percent of the early class, and number only...

Author: By Cara M. Famillian, | Title: Reinforcing the Harvard Stereotype | 2/24/1989 | See Source »

...raise incident brings up a very important fact about talk radio: critics don't take into account the fact that the opinions voiced on talk radio actually reflect popular opinion. They seem to think that the talk show hosts generate the issues themselves...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: Talking About Talk Radio | 2/23/1989 | See Source »

...most racially segregated in the world. The number of Black neighborhoods suffering from extreme poverty has grown steadily for the past 20 years. These ghettos have terrible schools, few job opportunities and high crime rates. Although ghetto residents comprise a small percentage of the nation's poor, they account for approximately half of federal welfare expenditures...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Valentine's Day in the Inner City | 2/23/1989 | See Source »

...pages of the State Department's survey were devoted to the "substantial increase in human rights violations" by Israel in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. The report sketched a picture of excessive force by the Israeli army, resulting in "many avoidable deaths," against the Palestinian uprising. This account of shootings, beatings, imprisonment and deportation is the most critical U.S. review ever of Israeli actions in the territories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Human Rights: Tough Talk To a Friend | 2/20/1989 | See Source »

Previous | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | Next