Word: answered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years, the pool of eligible Ph.D. candidates has not expanded enough for Harvard's liking--at least not enough to noticeably raise the number of its minority and female faculty. It's obvious the answer lies elsewhere--in direct and immediate hiring. This produces a beneficial chain reaction: if Harvard hires more minority and women in tenured posts, Harvard will be seen as a comfortable environment for such candidates, making recruitment of more minorities and women easier. These minority and female faculty will then act as role models for undergraduates choosing academia as a profession...
...studies from the Cambridge Electricity Company showing that there would be an increasing number of "brownouts" in the future without more new energy sources. "Everyone realizes that you've got to look at [the energy problem more carefully," he said. "Locking the door, banning the idea is not an answer...
...REMEMBER, however weak your own background, the students know even less...If a student is clearly not satisfied and wants more depth, refer him/her to either another graduate student or to a good biographical reference. `That sounds like a good paper topic' is a good answer to questions raised on more specific/detailed points that you don't or can't get into and one you can use repeatedly to humorous effect...
...killer vacuum-cleaner hoses and serpentine watch hands, Snakes and Ladders gameboards and pickled earthworms in aspic. With all the dream demons and succubus seductions, the movie starts to look like a man's fearful scenario of woman's seductive power. Is Russell just kidding or deadly serious? The answer is, as always, both. His campfire tale may be more camp than fire, but it shows the cinema's last angry mannerist in good humor and fine form...
...next day the government announced that it would introduce legislation to limit the right of suspects in Northern Ireland to remain silent during legal proceedings. Courts could then infer guilt if a suspect refused to answer questions. While the right to silence has been a cornerstone of British criminal justice, the Conservative Party's 101-seat majority in the House of Commons makes passage of the measure virtually certain...