Word: adopters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...course they were not: the Allied committees restored the art to its rightful owners as fast as possible after the war, whereas the Russians refused to. The catalog affects pained astonishment that the Western press should adopt the "quite ridiculous" habit of calling a theft a theft, but that's what it was, and no mealiness of the mouth can change it. Piotrovski insists in his catalog preface that the show "is not being held to make a point in an argument but is rather an event in the life of the arts." Well and good, but the argument will...
...Ireland, the Irishate clover salad to supplement their traditionaldiet of meat, butter, milk and oatmeal, withvitamin C. In the 17th century the conqueringEnglish, not yet aware that everyone should eatfive serving of fruit and veggies a day, scornedwhat they saw as this uncultured Irish cuisine.the Irish promptly decided to adopt the clover asa symbol of ethnic pride...
...inevitable with all visionaries, however, the baseball players' union has lost its Florence Nightingale-like image. Reluctance to adopt a salary cap (which the more "progressive" NBA adopted long ago), exorbitant salaries (an average of over $1 million in 1993), and a lack of team continuity are but a few of the evils seemingly brought about by the players' union hard-line stance...
...book has been door-dropped to all first-years and has been sent to all other Ivy League schools, many of which hope to adopt a similar residential system in the future...
...making them managers of public and community relations, human resources and, evidently without an eye to the irony, equal employment opportunity." The only women or minorities who seem to make it past the 'glass ceiling' into the 5 percent of non-white-male senior executive level are those who adopt the "chemistry, relationships and collaborations" (and golf handicaps) of the white male. As one CEO put it, "When we find minorities and women who think like we do, we snatch them...