Word: belled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...those by which, ultimately, the theater of our time may be evaluated. It is a play that holds up beautifully not only on the stage but on the page. When Thomasina, hungry for a new mathematics, exclaims, "If there is an equation for a curve like a bell, there must be an equation for one like a bluebell," we might have stepped into an Auden poem. When a formidable lady silences her brother by snapping, "Do not dabble in paradox, Edward, it puts you in danger of fortuitous wit," we can hear Wilde whispering, "I wish I'd said that...
...Bell Curve says...
Tests will be graded to ensure that scores are distributed along a bell curve. Your score may reflect your racial background...
...many professors insist that even a limited ban can't work; others think it shouldn't be tried. Most college students, after all, are legal adults, capable of consent, and a university of all places should respect personal liberty. Professor bell hooks at City College in New York, who had affairs with professors while a student and once became the lover of a younger man after she had taught him, says, "No feminist thinks that banning abortions would keep women from having them. So why do we think that banning relationships between faculty and students will keep them from having...
...Justice Department today backed Ameritech Corp.'s drive to provide long-distance telephone service for Chicago, Ill. and Grand Rapids, Mich. Ameritech would be the first baby bell to get into the $68 billion long-distance business since the 1984 breakup of AT&T. It is seeking permission from federal Judge Harold Greene, who oversees the decree that splintered AT&T. Ameritech officials explained that they want to re-sell long-distance service provided by other companies. In turn, the firm would agree to make it easier for others to provide competing local phone service. This is the first time...