Word: correctives
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...correct the imbalance, the Review first voted to adopt a rigid quota system. Three editors quit, and dissension among the rest was so great that two weeks later, by a 44-36 vote, the journal decided merely to allow race and sex to be considered in choosing up to eight of the 48 editors. That too drew heavy fire, and the Review put the matter on hold for nearly a year. Last month the editors narrowly approved the mildest plan yet. Starting this spring, minority applicants may submit statements describing "economic, societal, or educational obstacles that have been overcome...
...answer is none of the above. The correct response: Shannon Tweed, the November 1981 Playboy centerfold, inviting viewers to join her in Hugh Hefner's new electronic rabbit warren. In partnership with Escapade, a cable programmer that bills itself as an "adult entertainment service," Playboy last month launched the first in a series of one-hour video magazines into 200,000 homes. "The cable market is similar to the opportunities the magazine had in the 1950s," says Hefner. "This is where home entertainment is going. It's a core interest...
...disdain, Muggeridge overlooks an even more pernicious influence. As editor of Punch, he hears the magazine described as revolutionary. "Correct," he replies, "Punch is now critical of all authority,, including revolutionary." In so criticizing every human endeavor, in mocking not merely politicians but their constituencies, the curmudgeon eventually leaves himself no earthly attachments outside the self. It may indeed be that Ecclesiastes is correct and that all is vanity...
Thus Reagan, filled with faith that his course was correct, forged ahead with phase two of his revolution, partly as a way to avoid challenges to his as yet unfruitful first phase. He offered no new initiatives to conquer the economic crisis, supplying only amiable optimism that the Reaganomics package passed last year would stimulate the economy some time soon if given the chance to work. Though he had run on a platform of balancing the budget, the President all but ignored the projections of deficits approaching $100 billion. He scarcely noted that interest rates still hover at investment-ravaging...
...finding it convenient to use the top U.S. banker as a sort of whipping boy for the public's dismay over an economy that is not working very well. For the time being, that may prove to be good politics. Certainly, if the economy does not begin to correct itself as next November's congressional elections approach, the pressure on Volcker to expand the money supply will increase sharply. In the end, though, the level of inflation and interest rates will be strongly influenced by the size of the federal deficit. That is a problem that will...