Word: contents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stories from the front, is hardly restricted to the military. Father Agustin Luchia Puig, editor of the Roman Catholic magazine Esquiú (named after a 19th century Argentine bishop), declared that "all Argentines, in church and out, believe our cause is just. I think that the good God is content with this faith of ours." One of the country's notably progressive prelates, Archbishop Vicente Faustino Zazpe of Santa Fe, in northern Argentina, last week assailed "the treason of the United States" and the "hopeless hysteria of England," singling out President Ronald Reagan and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher...
After its bleak, interminable passage, Watergate seemed to issue forth into the sunburst of a civics lesson. But what exactly was the content of the lesson? If Watergate was a morality play the question, then as now, was what moral to draw from it The drama transfixed Americans. Mostly, it bewildered foreigners. Moscow believed it was a trick to destroy detente. The rest of the world had difficulty grasping what all of the agony was about. Foreigners tended to watch the spectacle in the way that an agnostic beholds a believer who is suffering a bout of spiritual anguish...
...second-year students were surveyed about the year, "the most commonly used adjective, by far, was 'boring.' Other often used words were 'routine' and 'repetitive'." Officials hope to diversify the program by increasing emphasis on independent study and "an explicit policy of facilitating experimentation, innovation and variety in the content and process of second year courses...
...Mass Hall colleagues, he acts similarly towards his administrative lieutenants. Except for a few projects for which he takes direct responsibility--like faculty appointments--he says he is content to make sure things are running smoothly under other's direction. "He does rely a great deal on his staff to manage their areas of responsibility," says special assistant Nancy Randolph. But she says Bok would not hesitate to intervene if a policy goes awry. In general however Randolph says her boss's philosophy is that "decisions should be made by people most involved and not be heavy handed decisions coming...
Despite this distinction, Schools has managed to keep a low profile within the Harvard community. Some might consider it for misfortune to pilot both the volleyball and softball team--two of the teasing least publicized squads--but Schoofs has always been content to remain away from the limelight...