Word: contentions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Union taught as the McIlwain history of political theory was, from the Department of Government, drew enormous crowds and enjoyed a marvellous reputation. I took McIlwain's course for credit, not the course on the Soviet Union, taught by Walsh and Sweeezy. I have a strong sense that the content of that latter course, if offered today, would look like a parody of scholarship and be just a laugher. I have an equally strong hunch that what McIlwain had to say in the 1930s would still be well worth listening to in the 1980s...
...time Susumo saw it, there wereextremely serious problems with the thesis,"Whitman said. "My feeling is that the commentswere justified on the scholarly content of thethesis...
...main selling point of "Artwalks", though, is the depth of the information given. "Guide books tend to be relatively superficial in terms of art historical content. They won't tell anything about iconography, or architectural methods, or artistic or sculptural style," Markow said...
Sensitive to this, most of the candidates, like cereal distributors, stress high fiber content. Babbitt's new TV ads in Iowa depict him as tough on the Mafia, polluters of the environment and Wall Street speculators. One 60-second spot contains three references to honesty and truth. Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, capitalizing on his Mr. Clean record, tells voters, "Our children have a right to an America where integrity is the watchword. They deserve better than the sight of Wall Street insiders being led away in handcuffs or government officials who use public life mainly to make contacts for private...
...does not think he remembers and skirts the moral issues involved, he seems to have forfeited, indeed squandered, his role as the nation's moral father. Then too, he has helped set the tenor of the times: the man behind the bully pulpit must also be judged by the content of his sermons...