Word: cores
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...also watching a video-tape of the robot creation scene from Fritz Lang's Metropolis, while listening to an old blues tune called "Searchin' for My Love." This absurd overlapping of technology past and future with Max's discovery of the timeless facts of life lies at the core of the film's humor...
...write in response to an article in the Undergraduate Council's newsletter entitled "Enhancing freshman academic advising." The Academics Committee finds many freshmen "not taking prerequisites to potential concentrations, wasting electives, and taking too few or too many Core courses," and blames the problem in part on the assertion that "freshman proctors are chosen more for their social skills than for their familiarity with the Harvard academic system." Further, it complains 'hat "[m]any proctors did not graduate from Harvard-Radcliffe, and most are not familiar with the various concentrations...
...sweep. But some have been grumbling that the President has done little to advance the so-called social issues that concern them most, like antiabortion legislation. Some months ago, White House strategists decided that the outset of the presidential campaign was the right time to placate this "core constituency" and that school prayer was the issue to stress in doing so. Explains one of the President's top political advisers: "It's good politics, frankly, and it does not cost us anything...
...Vermont primary, Caddell pointed out, some surveys showed Hart outpolling former Vice President Walter Mondale more than 2 to 1 among the 45-to-59 age group and seniors over 60. Other breakdowns similarly showed that Hart's appeal has spread well beyond its original youthful core...
Another clue comes from a study of 7,000 trees, sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency. Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee examined 14,000 core samples of the tree trunks. Their findings: beginning in 1960, in eight Eastern states, pitch and shortleaf pines and red spruce started to show narrowing growth rings, a sign of sluggish development. Similar changes have been noted in West Germany's stricken trees...