Word: blueprinting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have always taken flak for being out of touch with reality, and to a great extent, the criticism holds true. Anyone who's ever eaten in a Harvard dining hall, sipped tea with Derek Bok or sat in on a Government tutorial meeting knows the thrill of formulating a blueprint for a better world. Yet once the security of the Ivy League vanishes, principles often take a back seat to practicality. Only when confronted with real-world choices do an individual's true values emerge...
...roll-out underscores the Pentagon's interest in high-tech fighters and the Administration's desire to publicize its military buildup in an election year. If successful, the plane, which will serve as a laboratory for new systems, will become a blueprint for fighter jets of the future. Says Robert Cooper, director of the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency: "We decided we had to return to the days when we were willing to take major risks to make spectacular advances...
...chew by considering such a wide range of issues, they say that as their negotiating skills developed they were able to deal with a wide variety of issues systematically and efficiently. They point to the program as a successful example of cooperation, the result of which is a workable blueprint for improving the city...
Perhaps the problem is that the older Palmer still suffers from that most imbecilic of illusions: that rock and roll can provide a blueprint for living. Most pop criticism and documentary work since the '60s approach bands like the Stones from this perspective. Yet, if rock and pop in the '80s has shown anything, it is that rock is more a reflection of society than a catalyst for change. As recent Stones records have shown, the more closely music mimics the whims of the record-buying public, the greater the chance that the music will be successful. Rock...
...with computers first, Dean of the Faculty Henry Rosovsky last fall set up a series of task forces for examining various qustions raised by computers--from how they're going to be used in large-scale research to how they will be used for administrative purposes. The blueprint laid out by these committees will determine to a large extent the way Harvard continues to try to deal with computers in the coming five to ten years...