Word: directing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...candidacy gave her a chance to reach beyond the women she had come into direct contact with to touch the mass of women in this country who have few powerful role models. And just as she expanded her role to reach an entire country, so now, at Harvard, she will be able to aim her support and experience at the ambitious women here...
...course, in the time of Sophocles the pan-Hellenic games that would later inspire the international Olympics and the primitive direct democracy that would later inspire the American political process were relatively undeveloped forms. Neither synchronized swimming nor the advanced telecommunications equipment necessary to broadcast it around the world had been invented during the Golden Age of Athens, for example. Nor did the ancient Greeks have the advantage of televised minidebates. They were a primitive and unhappy people indeed...
...Dole, a man whose rapier wit allegedly had been sheathed by marriage and maturity. In truth, there is nothing like a new Dole; there remains a cutting edge, even a mean streak, to much of his humor. But there are healthy signs that he can direct the barbs at himself when warranted. When his snideness is under control, the wisecracks and one-of-us message make Dole one of the better stump speakers in the presidential pack...
...Texaco's biggest shareholder, Icahn controls 14.8% of the nation's third largest oil firm (after Exxon and Mobil). Nevertheless, Texaco has blocked his attempts to play a direct role in planning the reorganization. The company's proposal, which Schwartzberg approved last week, must now be accepted by Texaco stockholders. Icahn says he may team up with other investors to acquire a larger stake in the firm, and may also attempt to put his own hand-picked directors on the Texaco board...
...third section type, Sarkisian said, students will select about five classmates and meet with them without the direct guidance of a teaching fellow. Ruttiman will have extra office hours open only to these students, and members of the independent sections invite him to attend some of their meetings, she said...