Word: bucked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...social idealism that could be interpreted as being "soft on communism." The University had to defend its essential function of free inquiry, exploration of truth against those who brandished bureaucratic axes under the banner of patriotism. The University bent, but did not break, thanks to leadership from Paul Buck, the Provost, and Nathan M. Pusey '28, who became president. Buck called me into his office in 1953 when the issue was firing a tenured professor for his communist affiliation. "Stay here until I come back," he said, "I am going to see the Corporation. I don't know...
...rich, warm shades of a gold-hued carpet. When Carlson's Gold Bond Stamp operation was at its peak in the 1960s, its executives drove a fleet of company-owned gold Cadillacs. A gold-framed saying in one of his offices reflects Carlson's buck-starts-here philosophy: "Lest you forget, our sole purpose here is to make money. However, let's have fun while we are doing...
...misinterpreted, Powell had only one question: "What in God's name do you think you're doing?" Groused another aide: "If you talk to Fallows, he'll tell you he thinks he's done something good, decent, honorable and right. Bull!" Added a third: "Fast-buck journalism." Carter has read the article and declined public comment. As for the aides who accuse Fallows of disloyalty, they may be even more enraged by the next issue of the Atlantic. A second installment reportedly will focus on them...
Investigative reporting and imaginative writing linger on, but most major alternative weeklies are becoming bastions of bourgeois buck chasing. Boston's weekly Phoenix (paid circulation 68,000, free distribution 50,000) averages 150 pages, promotes itself exuberantly on radio and television, and grossed $4 million last year; its publisher drives a counterrevolutionary Rolls-Royce. The rival Real Paper (48,000 paid, 57,000 free) is owned by a former state legislator, a corporate lawyer, and a Rockefeller heir. Chicago...
...people who come here and buy land or condominium units don't really know what the apparent dangers are from erosion or hurricanes. Some developers are farsighted enough to protect both the general public and their buyers, but others seem only concerned with making a fast buck and getting...