Word: fill
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...because, miraculously, it does not insult our intelligence by making the actions too simple or the language too mundane. Critics who decry the implausibility of actions or claim the acting is horrific are missing the point. Return of the Jedi is light and exciting, the only recent movie to fill the entertainment bill set by Raiders of the Lost Ark. It's too bad, though, that the progression is still in this direction. By the time we are 22, there will be little to look forward to in the way of mental escape...
Results like these have created an enormous demand for stress-management programs, and a small army of entrepreneurs has rushed in to fill the vacuum. New York Telephone's Collings reports getting "three or four offers a week to conduct relaxation programs." Not all of them are bargains. In an effort to bring some order to the booming and chaotic field, Rosch (whose respected American Institute of Stress is nonprofit) is establishing a data bank with information on the cost and effectiveness of stress-management programs. The result, he hopes, will be "a kind...
...with Rosovsky's shortcomings that the search for a successor should start. President Bok should actively seek the advice of undergraduates--not just Undergraduate Council leaders, but other students as well--who can fill Bok in on their curricular and other grievances. He should meet, too, with minority, women and gay students, and others that have voted dissatisfaction with the responsiveness of the Faculty to their concerns. And he should very carefully listen to junior professors, for the policies of Rosovsky's successor could well determine whether these young scholars will become Harvard's future or Harvard's shame...
...Those who, hopefully will remain committed to research in eastern New England most likely will do so as private individuals or in the guise of not for profit corporations, lacking the resources and supposed stature of the academy. Other institutions, and perhaps even private sector "scavengers, will attempt to fill the void but in the meantime sites will be ignored or destroyed. The field of contract archaeology, having lost two of its anchors in the region is suffering boom and bust phases just like cycles in the societies it studies. It appears that Harvard like Brown is not "committed...
...science and good SAT scores, and maybe do some volunteer work in a hospital (it looks nice on your record). Get set! The pressure is on in college. Nothing less than an A will do for all pre-med courses. Choose a major in one of the sciences and fill out the rest of the schedule with "Mickey Mouse" subjects, lest your cumulative average slip below Aminus. Go! You are in. At med school you will spend 30 to 40 hours a week at lectures, and as many more studying. But do not plan on actually grasping the material; there...