Word: belled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Often, tenure provides a way for people simply to slide by and not do the work which you require of them," said Ford Professor of Social Sciences Emeritus Daniel Bell...
...Bell added, however, that there must be some guarantee of academic freedom, tenure...
Amusing though it may be, exposing some of Herrnstein's and Murray's sources is not enough to discredit the entire book. Rather, The Bell Curve has achieved one of its stated goals, which is to bring private speculation on a much whispered-about topic into the public sphere of discussion. Casting aspersions on the authors is not enough--apologists could reasonably label the opinions of liberals like me tendentious, simply because I find the book's conclusion deeply offensive...
...Bell Curve's assertions will stand or fall based upon highly technical questions of correlation versus causation. Ultimately, the question deserves careful debate and should be answered by those with an expert knowledge of the field...
...giant communications companies is taking shape just in time to bid for new slices of the airwaves under Sprint?s national brand umbrella. The nation?s No. 3 long-distance phone company announced today it would team with three leading cable TV operators -- TCI, Comcast, and Cox -- to compete with Baby Bells and establish a national wireless communication network. Dealmaking in the wireless business has accelerated in the past month. Also in just ahead of the FCC's Friday deadline: Bell Atlantic-Nynex and U S West-AirTouch...