Word: badly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While attending East Meadow High School, Evan played several sports--he says he was a "decent basketball player." He played trumpet in what he described as his high school's "bad jazz band...
...creating adversarial voices to spur each department to action. Instead, the Executive Committee of the FAS has proposed that the department chairs be responsible for the affirmative action duties on top of their already heavy administrative loads. Under this version, there would be little guarantee that departments with bad hiring records would improve their practices...
...while legend has it that it never rains on a Harvard graduation, the University has still made plans for signs of showers. Should the weather grow bad, Harvard will provide indoor viewing areas in the Science Center and the houses, and Commencement processions will start at Widener Library instead of Johnston Gate...
...Japanese point out, with some justification, that the trade deficit is as much the fault of America's bad habits as the result of Japan's economic policies. Says former Foreign Minister Saburo Okita: "The Americans should take a second look at themselves. Obviously they cannot go on with runaway spending forever." The U.S. borrowing-and-spending binge, which involves both Government and consumers, has boosted the tide of imports to the U.S. The Japanese also complain that the U.S. has leadership problems of its own. Washington has been sending out conflicting signals because trade policy is shaped and shared...
...evidence that he panders to constituents. "Hell, no," argues Bill First, who was Foley's press secretary for many years. "He's progun." He is also pro-Congress, untiring in his defense of the institution and particularly the House, which he feels "is like the people, both good and bad -- just as it was intended to be." He accepts contributions from political- action committees; ranks high in honorariums received; favored the 51% pay raise for Congress, judges and top Administration officials; and can be blunt with hecklers...