Word: fox
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...about the most humane and sane person I have ever met. I loved working with him," said John B. Fox '59, administrative dean of FAS and former dean of the college...
Some of the darker warnings about Murdoch's takeover have not been borne out. TV Guide is not giving special editorial treatment to the Fox network, which is part of Murdoch's media empire. The listings section is still unmatched for comprehensiveness and accuracy, and the magazine's personality pieces retain a healthy edge of skepticism. Moreover, some staffers believe the old TV Guide, with its rather stodgy format, may have been due for rejuvenation. Yet that sober, even-tempered tone of voice always provided an important bit of ballast for a business fraught with glitter and hype. The danger...
They also like to dance on it. South of town is the Stardusty Ballroom, where twice a week in season 300 ballroom dancers fox-trot and waltz to the supple beat of a five-piece band that displays its name, Desert Varnish, on maroon baseball caps. The dance floor is made of plywood panels, and the ceiling is the blue Arizona sky. DANCE AT YOUR OWN RISK reads the sign posted near a huge cactus. Couples dance in the desert, romance hovering like heat haze; some dress in matching colors. Stuck in the ground around them are plastic hyacinths, windmills...
...fact that he has been in charge for more than four years. "Gorbachev's greatest strength may very well be his pragmatism," mused a Moscow intellectual. "He is not dogmatic about carrying out any set program. Instead, he maneuvers in and out of every situation like a clever fox." Nonetheless, with empty store shelves and seething ethnic tensions, many edgy Soviets are counting the days in hopes that the first session of the new congress will mark the point of no return on the path of reform...
...boring before it ceases to exist at all. Last week Los Angeles held an election and almost no one came -- only 23% of the voters turned out. Bradley does not need charisma to attract money; the bankers and developers in Los Angeles have wallets as fat as Michael J. Fox's. But politicians do need to inspire people, or at least keep them awake, if they are to lead as well...