Word: formative
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Taylor added that he and Breindel had not yet decided on the format of their presentation, which might include character witnesses...
...television program would be departure from the Lampoon's traditional magazine parody format. But after the success of recent Lampoon spoofs of "People" and "Newsweek," "the market's a little tight," Conan O'Brien '85, the Lampoon's president said, adding, "Lots of people are doing parodies. So we thought we'd experiment...and get into the wonderful world of television...
...this, everyone was wrong. If it had not been for Civilisation, none of the didactic series that came after it, starting with Jacob Bronowski's Ascent of Man and Alistair Cooke's America, would have been made. What clinched the BBC's enthusiasm for the large format was the American market. Nobody in England in 1969 could possibly have foreseen how America would take Lord Clark of Civilisation to its heart...
Nonetheless, Reagan's free-style format for the meeting carries its own risks. As chairman, he is required to master a wide variety of foreign trade and political matters that have never been his strong suit. To ensure against embarrassing flubs, Reagan has held frequent briefing sessions with a shifting cast of experts. Another hazard is that the unstructured nature of the meeting will make it easier for the foreign leaders to air any conflict that they choose to bring up. Says one of Reagan's summit advisers: "There's no question that this is a riskier...
...hand last spring when he allegedly made a mistake about the length of an exam and seized a paper from an astonished student, who later threatened to sue him. It is more than a little ironic that Mr. Test lost his job after years of following a set exam format when he refused to switch to a new two-person system in Mem Hall. To the end he was a man of principle, refusing to share power with another monitor, but state-of-the-art proctoring at last had passed him by, Exams will be much more calm and controlled...