Word: conceptions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...others said they hoped the guide, which had evolved from an independent-study project, would fill a long-standing vacuum of necessary information as well as encouraging Blacks to apply to a greater range of schools. The format for the book seemed as simple and well-intentioned as the concept behind it: Each of the 114 schools included in the book would have a similar statistical breakdown revealing, for example, the number of tenured Black faculty members and percentage of Blacks receiving financial aid. A narrative summary of each school based on a dean's questionnaire and about five student...
...fertile ground for compromise is the new concept for flexibility in labor markets. Britain and the U.S. for long have operated under the principle of rigidity of labor--eight hours a day, five days a week, nothing more. In return for job guarantees, employees could work in a more flexible, hence productive system. That innovation has helped. Japan's fine-tuned economy, which--at least by comparison--is flourishing...
...hopes to restart the suspended talks be tween Egypt and Israel on the question of Palestinian autonomy in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. To do this, Washington is considering issuing its own definition of autonomy, which is expected to be closer to Cairo's concept of Palestinian self-rule than Jerusalem's. Says one top presidential aide...
Jackson, 40, was not without his defenders. At a press conference of 50 black businessmen and ministers, Dr. James Declue, president of the local N.A.A.C.P. board, said, "We support the Rev. Mr. Jackson's concept. It would be idiotic not to, because we are doing the same thing." But he stopped short of endorsing a campaign against Anheuser-Busch. For his part, Jackson accused his critics of ignoring their obligation to organizations like PUSH that have helped blacks. Said he: "Anybody who wants to pick apples off the ground but is not interested in the forces pushing the tree...
...Gablers at the public hearings, since state regulations allow only negative testimony and prohibit all positive comment. But the board of education will accept written rebuttals by supporters of the criticized texts. In a junior high school health text, the Gablers objected to a class discussion assignment on the concept of "worry." "It has no place being studied in the classroom," wrote the Gablers. The American Way rebuttal: "This objection is a dogmatic statement with no basis in education theory." The Gablers disapproved of an entire chapter of an eighth-grade civics book published by Scott, Foresman & Co. because...