Word: fallen
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Because legislatures are somewhat freer with money than alumni, private universities have fallen further behind than public. Some schools, especially in the Midwest, have kept up with maintenance problems by appropriating renewal funds. But most campuses are in trouble. Says Paul Romberg, president of San Francisco State: "Deterioration of buildings has been so severe we may have to consider curtailing some academic programs." The "millions" needed for repair, says Romberg, "are a small investment compared with the enormous potential loss to taxpayers...
...told cheering followers at a motel in Manchester the night of the big victory. "Now Nancy and I are flying over to Vermont [to campaign for the March 4 primary], and we won't need an airplane." Ecstatic Reagan staffers were telling jokes at the expense of the fallen George Bush. Sample: "Question: Why does Bush carry a turkey under his arm? Answer: For spare parts...
Throwing the decision into the hands of parliament will probably put off the hostages' release for at least a month. Privately, some American diplomats feared that the deal had fallen through. But the official U.S. posture, as one State Department expert put it, was that "everything that was supposed to happen is happening." In a press conference last week, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance insisted once again that "the commission's mission is twofold: to hear the Iranian grievances and also to bring about the speedy release of the hostages and thus bring an end to the crisis...
...team contented with its own performance isn't likely to improve; Harvard hasn't fallen into that trap. Billy Cleary and his players satisfied everyone's expectations but their own this season. And that's a good sign for next year...
...frugality practically went out of business. "Prodigality is the spirit of the era," Social Critic Vance Packard declared in The Waste Makers 20 years ago. There has been no reason since to change that judgment. "Waste not, want not" has persisted only as a saying, and most people have fallen out of the habit of taking it personally...