Word: decays
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...THIS POINT in his narrative, Powell has established the disturbing rhythm of change at the Ed School. His description of the clumsy attempt to bolster state and federal agencies in the campaign against urban decay does not surprise us. Powell remembers that "an emphasis on educational jobs distant from children reemerged. Unlike earlier times, many of these jobs were located outside school systems or schools of education...
Another difficulty is that alumni and administrators rarely see, or quite believe, the slow, steady decay that goes on. Says Paul T. Knapp, executive director of the Association of Physical Plant Administrators of Universities and Colleges: "Up East they cover it with ivy, so you can't see the buildings falling apart. People tend to think these places are too important to wear out." But in maintenance, a stitch in time means long-term salvation. Says William Massy, a vice president at Stanford University: "The trick is to put small amounts of money in early, before the sewer backs...
...Myopia has been associated with everything from pregnancy to tooth decay...
...myopia, its potentials alone signify a major advance. The field has long been what Greene calls a "thicket of controversy." No study has conclusively settled the origins of myopia, nor how much heredity or eye-strain is to blame. "Myopia has been associated with everthing from pregnancy to tooth decay," Greene says. Researchers agree only that myopia is the abnormal bulging of the back of the eye or "posterior sclera," usually around the gap for the optic nerve. But no one is sure what causes the swelling, whether myopics are born with bulge or have brought it on themselves...
...decay is creeping in on Cambridgeport from the other direction as well, Caragianes says. Driving into Central Square, he points to barroom after barroom. "There's an oversaturation of gin mills and fast food places," he says...