Word: check
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...check the operation of a vague generality under fire, take the typical example, "Hume brought empiricism to its logical extreme." The question is asked, "Did the philosophical beliefs of Hume represent the spirit of the age in which he lived?" Our hero replies by opening his essay with "David Hume, the great Scottish philosopher, brought empiricism to its logical extreme. If this be the spirit of the age in which he lived then he was representative of it." This generality expert has already taken his position for the essay. Actually he has not the vaguest idea of what Hume really...
Maybe not. But if you think we might be living in a godless, meaningless dream world or if you just didn't think Hair was enough of a trip, you should check out Alan Ayckbourn's Woman in Mind this weekend at the Currier House Fishbowl...
Ignatenko was especially intrigued by TIME's design, and consulted with graphics editor Nigel Holmes about sharpening the look of New Times. Ignatenko took particular interest in TIME's meticulous efforts to check facts. "With glasnost, Soviet journalists now have even more responsibility to be accurate," he explains. "Let's say we write something that is incorrect about one of the nationalities in the republics. That could cause a serious disturbance...
...large a check should the U.S. write as a reward for reforms in Eastern Europe? Should it write one at all? The Administration's largesse is limited by its own budget deficits. More important, Bush advisers are wary of applauding reforms that may turn out to be more mirage than reality. "Poland has serious structural economic problems," observes a senior Administration official. "The money it has previously borrowed from the West has been used very poorly." Unless the Poles revamp their economic system, says the official, "it's going to be money down the drain...
...cost cutting seems destined to continue in a world so interconnected that a decision made in Bonn can lower prices on Wall Street. The West German central bank inadvertently slowed last week's stock-market rally, for example, by raising interest rates to keep German inflation in check. The move briefly touched off fresh fears of a worldwide round of rate hikes and slower growth. Meanwhile, competition from Japanese and European firms that have opened U.S. offices is helping depress Wall Street commissions. Wall Street is not alone in its distress, for such financial centers as London and Tokyo...