Word: environmentally
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Naive critics of the CIA link would like to make the university an Ivory Tower hidden from the pressures of the nation and the nation a similar tower hidden from the pressures of the world. But in this dangerous international environment, we must play the game of the Soviet bloc...
Much of the ugliest architecture is in and around the City, London's financial district. Some of the worst examples: the crude, polygonal Stock Exchange tower; the gloomy, 35-acre concrete jungle of Barbican Center, which includes apartments, shops, offices and a cultural center; and the cheap glass series of...
Even so, a more competitive environment has other firms adopting similar methods. Major banks and corporations once sent most of their lucrative legal work to a single outside firm. In the 1970s, many began shifting basic chores to in-house legal staffs. When they do go outside these days, they...
Many practitioners praise the changed environment for making firms more responsive to client needs. And while the "white shoe" partnerships of the past may have been more above the fray, they also discriminated against women and non-Wasps. "It was the good old days for some people but not for...
The most crucial cost of the new environment may not be measurable in dollars. The past two years have seen a boom in alleged ethical lapses at even the bluest of blue-chip firms. New York's Sullivan & Cromwell found itself contesting no fewer than four accusations, notably one by...