Word: flows
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...telephone console resting on a gargantuan round table boasts 90 buttons, and the man seated before it seems bent on using all of them at once. His plump fingers, the nails freshly manicured with clear polish, poke impatiently at the instrument. Visitors flow into the office in a steady stream, yet all the while the man continues a separate dialogue with the console. "He wouldn't be a bureaucrat unless he was in a meeting," he booms into the speaker in a British-accented baritone that is powerful yet velvety. "I want the man, not the message." Poke. A button...
...federal-state relations, Bush promised to "continue what Ronald Reagan and I began in 1980--to stop the flow of power to Washington and return it where it belongs, to the states...
...national and state levels, Harvard's lobbying campaigns have most often backed traditionally liberal or idealistic goals such as increased appropriations for student aid and the free flow of scientific information...
Tenant activist William S. Noble said Harvard may have wanted to "increase the cash flow for the new buyer. They wouldn't have needed to raise rents if they wanted to keep ownership...
Ultimately, Morris' pranksterism may produce more harm for his computer users in the long-run, as our government becomes convinced that tighter security is necessary to protect the nation's computers. As Harvard officials have noted in reports and speeches in the past, clamps on the free flow of information harm the nation's economy and innovation. Perhaps taking a firm hand with Morris will forestall our nation's leadership from taking more harmful measures...