Word: commonness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...common theme that ran through the recent campaign for Undergraduate Council Chairman was that the Council has to start taking a stand on tough issues. Kenneth E. Lee '89 claimed during a debate last week that the student government has to do more than make decisions on milk in the dining halls...
...late seventies and eighties have not seen the emergence of a situation which demands a demonstration of moral strength, which unites everyone with a sense of pride, strength, or even outrage. Our generation has never confronted a reality harsher than Reaganism. We no longer have that common depth of emotion that used to shake up and move the world. Vice President George Bush claims we have to focus on values. I claim we have to rediscover our national feeling, and our collective moral conscious...
...There have already been several mishaps involving cyclists operating recklessly," said MDPW Commissioner Jane F. Garvey in a press release earlier this month. "We're asking that people show some courtesy and common sense...
...coincidence that the explosion in speculation during the past few years has been accompanied by a significant increase in the level of illegal or unethical behavior in the financial community. Charges of insider trading, market manipulation, conflicts of interest and securities fraud are more and more common. The media have made their own contribution to this frenzied climate. They have turned raiders and junk-bond kings into a new economic elite, and takeovers into the highest form of business endeavor. But the combination of highly volatile markets and reports of irresponsible behavior by many in the financial community has undermined...
Lyndon Johnson in Dallas acted first to thwart a possible plot against the traveling party, comforted Jacqueline Kennedy, took the oath and roared back to Washington. There was nothing brilliant about these acts of common sense clearly defined by the demands of the moment...