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Word: discontentment (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Because of last spring's furor, Perkins says, his first task as director was to convince the institute's "key people" to stay on. How much discontent there was, he won't say--"Let's just say that everybody's reasonably happy now, and no one did leave. . . I certainly...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Perkins Takes the Helm at HIID | 5/6/1981 | See Source »

But there is a deeper discontent with the press that has other roots. Without intending to exonerate their own paper, two Pulitzer prizewinners on the Washington Post see a decline in journalistic standards all around them. "I am old enough," wrote Meg Greenfield, the editorial page editor, "to remember contemporary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newswatch: The Pulitzer Hoax-Who Can Be Believed? | 5/4/1981 | See Source »

Bok: Well I don't know. As other difficult problems, one would have to investigate it. And I don't know what the answer is, so when I say reconsider. I mean reconsider. It is not a code word for necessarily changing our policy. But...if you say that loaning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Interview With President Bok | 4/7/1981 | See Source »

Certainly, a foreign policy based on "thwarting Soviet expansionism" is easier to understand and justify than the diffuse, human rights-based strategy of the Carter administration. Yet while an orthodox, bipolar approach may be a effective basis for relations with the developed nations. e.g., Japan and Western Europe, such a...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Flexibility for the Future | 4/6/1981 | See Source »

Will the Coop work to improve wages, benefits, or employment policies to respond to the widespread worker discontent that originally led many employees to ask for union representation? Or will the management take this opportunity to savor its victory and do nothing to improve its treatment of the workers?

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Another Coop Election | 4/1/1981 | See Source »

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