Word: bits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...would be a way of identifying a little bit earlier than usual students who for any reason aren't doing all that well...and then to talk to them and advise them," Paul said...
...audience is implicated in the burlesqued view of a family. At the beginning Jackie agrees to let us in, to watch and to laugh, turning to the audience and asking "What do you want from me?" Indeed she gives us what we ask for, but makes us feel a bit ashamed--do we really want this goulish pop-history? At the end of "Jackie: An American Life," we are asked to keep our part of the promise, to leave. And we do, satisfied, and somewhat relieved...
...interview offers a bit of biographical background. Gorey is a Harvard graduate, class of 1950. His major in French sparked a lifelong interest in literature, but overall he characterizes his years here as a time when he was "singularly lacking in any ambition or sense...
...says the unified goal of the course--to solve the problems of Native Americans--makes the overall structure coherent, although a bit "daunting...
...said TIME must be operated not only as a business enterprise but also for the public good. He set up a division of "church" and "state," so that the editorial side of the operation was guaranteed independence from corporate considerations. His system remains intact, but life has got a bit more complex as the company that owns us has grown. Back when we were a small company, our reviewers could, for example, assess a book published by Little, Brown (long owned by Time Inc.) without having anyone (including the reviewer) pay the slightest attention to the connection. Since the merger...