Word: directer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...proposal that is made is confusing. The staff simultaneously calls for a direct alumni vote and a vote of the Board of Overseers, which is supposed to act as the official voice of the alumni. If giving the Board a role is to be used as a "good first step," who is to decide when and if the second step--towards a direct vote of all the alumni--is to be taken? Moreover, if complicated issues, like the choice of Corporation members, can be decided by a direct vote of the alumni, what is the purpose of having the Board...
...perfect 3 a.m. listening music," Michael observes, and he is right, if what's wanted is a night of unsettled dreams. The sound of the Junkies is a direct and salubrious reaction to the mainstream softening of country music. "What you hear on the radio is pretty sappy," he says. "It's pop with a Southern accent." Margo Timmins, 27, sings slow and deliberate. The other Cowboy Junkies play the same way. After a while, they can sound as if they're working a gig at the funeral for the sweetheart of the rodeo. This is a band grounded...
...very rarely have direct evidence of some-one watching somebody doing something illegal on the next computer," said the state prosecutor. "It is circumstantial evidence built up in lots of pieces...
...failure of Top Secret deflected the team from their path as ZAZ went on to direct Ruthless People, a film they did not write, and Abrahams went on to direct Big Business, starring Lily Tomlin and Bette Midler...
...argument in favor of open criticism of internal Israeli policy. His comparison with criticism of a Jewish religious issue is hollow; his assertion that failure to point out Israel's shortcomings actually hurts Israel is wrong. As a Jew who claims loyalty to Israel, he would do well to direct his criticism in a more constructive...