Word: crass
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only aspect of this century-old anecdote that might be dated is Adams' surprise. This year, when Harvard sifted through 12,843 applications to fill 1,605 places in the class of '93, undoubtedly many of these would-be students (and their parents) were motivated by equally crass considerations. Popular wisdom asserts that getting a pedigree from an Ivy League school is worth more in terms of future income and social standing than attending any of several dozen other academically rigorous colleges and universities...
...backwater insurance agent turned blockbuster novelist Tom Clancy. Forget the four straight best sellers published since 1984 and the 20 million copies sold. Forget the movie version of his first novel, now in production. Forget the $4 million advance for his latest thriller, Clear and Present Danger. Forget such crass calculus of cash- register commerce...
...saying the crass, materialistic Hollywood moguls were more enlightened than today's execs...
Brian R. Hecht's article "Council Reelects Lee Unanimously" (Feb. 13) seems to be entirely appropriate in an age as crass as ours. I find it peculiar that the undergraduate body of such a prestigious university has supported an individual like Mr. Lee, an individual who carves his name in school desks and brags about it. The unbridled bravado with which Mr. Lee demonstrates his disrespect for private property is shocking. Unfortunately, it is surpassed by his easy use of four-letter words while being interviewed for Mr. Hecht's article...
...their institution not to make their lives and careers harder. Jacqueline O'Neill had informed them that where real estate is concerned, Harvard University is a revenue-earning corporation, period. I am ashamed that the University in which I teach presents itself in public as one of the most crass and callous developers in Massachusetts...