Word: barren
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WHAT WE HAVE here is across between Road Warrior and Decline of Western Civilization a fact which is readily apparent about ten minutes into Repo Man. The Road Warrior bit opens the show as the film begins with a deranged scientist named J. Frank Parnell streaking down a barren L. A. highway in a 6-4 Chevy Malibu A policeman sets off after him on a motorcycle, pulls him to the side of the road, and inquires what is in the trunk, which seems to contain something hot--literally. I wouldn't look in there, Parnell intimates, thereby piquing...
...surgeon's motivation for devoting time and concentrated energy to defeating sterility is not simply desire for same and money the satisfaction in cashing a barren woman to bear is much more profound than can be supplied by either. It is the most seductive extension of his regard for his own power to father, and not in the least contemptible for that...
...Although the program is being termed a cultural exchange, it flows one way. Tresp and Georgia education officials will fly to Hanover early next month to interview between 20 and 30 German teachers. All have the equivalent of a B.A. in mathematics and an M.A. in education. Says Eloise Barren, math consultant to the Georgia state education department: "Math is a universal language. Trigonometry here is trigonometry there. The only problem is, can they communicate that knowledge?" The chances are good, since the candidates have studied English for an average of nine years. If satisfied, the Georgia contingent is empowered...
...that Georgia's move merely "underscores the fact that teachers' salaries are noncompetitive with industry. We don't need to go outside this country to find bright people to teach math and science." Georgia officials insist they see German teachers as a short-term solution. Says Barren...
Maass says he will celebrate the end of his 36-year Harvard teaching career by buying a few hundred acres of barren California desert and trying to turn the plot into a workable farm, using a new irrigation method he developed. And Maass will be doing more than just homesteading. He plans to conduct two research projects, advise a small number of seniors on their theses, and find time for a season ticket to the Boston Symphony...