Word: brush
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that universities are not offering thecentral values of Western civilization or anycivilization is painting the picture with a verycritical brush," Shattuck said...
...brush the cobwebs from my pants, shoo the roosting pigeons from my head, and reflect on what seems to be my new permanent place of residence in front of Holyoke Center. Cambridge Trust sure does keep their sidewalks clean. Also their windows...
...university seem not significantly diminished by such academic brush fires. Notre Dame's Hesburgh attributes Harvard's continuing eminence in part to the strength of Bok's reign. "He certainly has been critical of his own institution," says Hesburgh, "which you can afford to be when you're that good." Mary Patterson McPherson, president of Bryn Mawr, deplores the 1- to-20 ratio of women on Harvard's tenured faculty after a decade of coeducation ("Just deciding to educate girls ain't coeducation in my view," she snaps). Nevertheless, she admires Bok's administrative style. "He's managed to give...
...just sit down, look at the keys, get up and walk out." This time there would be no such embarrassments. Marsha and Charlie Hinch -- "They have the Foothills' men's store," Marge said -- dropped by early on the Saturday of recital to brush up. Charlie, a beginner, was to play The Oak Grove on the organ. Marsha upbraided him for not bringing his music. "I've played the son of a bitch 500 times," Charlie said. "I don't need the music." (People in Montana talk earthy, even Marge. One day Charlie was rehearsing, and, as she tells...
...months ahead, Egypt's financial crisis, the worst in many years, may become increasingly difficult to brush aside. Unless Cairo can find a way to gain relief from payments coming due on its $35 billion foreign debt, it may be forced either to default on loans or to cut domestic spending so drastically as to risk provoking a political crisis. Since almost any new regime is likely to be more influenced by Islamic fundamentalists than Mubarak's has been, Washington has good reason to make sure that Egypt ultimately gets the aid it needs. Says one Western observer: "No matter...