Word: factly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Wang '91 says he thinks the fact thathis proctor went to Harvard was part of the reasonshe was able to give good advice. "I think beingan undergraduate [at Harvard before being aproctor] really helps with [explaining the housesystem,]" says Wang, adding, "That's where aproctor who isn't from Harvard doesn't come in aswell." Wang says his proctor took students tovisit her old house--Lowell--before the Marchlottery took place...
...these days is similar to the concept behind stonewashed jeans (the most trite and absurd and tacky of recent fashion statements). It's a way for people to buy a look of wear and tear, to look like they've been places, to appear raw and experienced when in fact they're living sheltered easy lives that afford them the capital to buy a life they'll never know except through bleach in a washing machine. It's buying life instead of living...
...fact, it would have been politically foolhardy for Bush to drop Cavazos, who had faithfully stumped for him across the Southwest. The President-elect had promised to name a Hispanic to his Cabinet, making the replacement of the non-controversial Secretary doubly difficult. But Cavazos was probably Bush's top choice anyway. Even at the time of his original appointment in August, there was speculation that Bush had strongly pushed his longtime friend for the post and had vowed to keep...
...freedom to choose the schools their children attend. But he has also made it clear that his chief priority is to make education more accessible to the disadvantaged. He favors increases in student aid and is a staunch advocate of bilingual education. In almost every speech he decries the fact that 25% of the nation's teenagers drop out before completing high school and that 40% of Hispanics still have no diploma by age 25. "Por favor, nios, no dejen la escuela" (Please, children, do not leave school), he pleaded at his first press conference in September...
Milken's junk bonds remained innocuous until the mid-'80s, when he began using the securities to raise mountains of money for hostile takeovers. In fact, the preferred opening salvo of corporate raiders became the dreaded letter from Drexel in which the firm stated it was "highly confident" of coming up with the necessary cash. In some cases, like T. Boone Pickens' failed bid in 1984 for Gulf Oil, Drexel charged a hefty fee for lining up money that it never had to deliver. But in many other raids, including Ronald Perelman's 1985 takeover of Revlon, Milken raised billions...