Word: englishness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have to recognize that drama criticism has to be dealing with a changing theater, and that drama criticism is falling behind," said New Republic Drama Critic Robert S. Brustein, professor of English and artistic director of the American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T...
...both worldly and weightless. He likes to structure the top ! half of an outfit with heavier fabrics like cashmere or gabardine, then use an airy silk or supple jersey to soften up things below. "My clothes are not of the moment," Ozbek says, speaking in his hurried, lightly accented English. "Take all the accessories away, and they are classical. But can I say modern classic? You can wear them a season past, mix them up with other pieces." Indeed, a bit of Ozbek swank like a long black, clingy dress with a fuchsia moire top that relocates the neckline several...
...general doctrine that one cannot take life to protect property is rooted in English common law. The law -- a leading precedent came from Florida's Supreme Court in 1981 -- is particularly wary of deadly traps, which act without discrimination. Rasheed's victim "could very easily have been a fireman, a policeman or someone who just wandered into the store," says James Mullin, chairman of the local American Civil Liberties Union chapter...
...Waite is not a man who is easily deterred from a goal. While Waite was growing up in the northwestern English village of Styal, his father, a policeman, frequently exhorted, "If you start something, see it through to the finish." Waite has toyed from time to time with the idea of being ordained, but so far he has decided to remain a layman. Nonetheless, his career has almost always been in church affairs. After studying theology at London's Church Army College, he worked as a lay training adviser to the Anglican Bishop of Bristol. In 1968 he headed...
...University of Illinois reports that only 19% of its humanities students have guaranteed jobs upon graduation, vs. 90% for business majors. Small wonder that according to U.S. Government statistics, bachelor's degrees in business have doubled from 114,865 in 1971 to 230,031 in 1984, while B.A.s in English and literature have plunged from 57,026 to 26,419. In the competition for enrollments, some schools have dropped B.A.s in subjects such as geology and music education to emphasize business specialties like restaurant management. - Says one college president: "It's all right to talk about liberal arts goals...