Word: frayed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...once again the University is trying to stay out of the fray when it should be in the vanguard of those fighting to protect artistic freedom...
...resurrect PTL-TV? Robertson made two separate bids, one for the network, the other for the whole package, but both were rejected as inadequate by the bankruptcy trustee. Rival televangelist Jerry Falwell, who owns a small cable outfit, got burned while running PTL and stayed out of the fray...
Bush declared last week that the S&L debacle causes him "great concern," but tried to hover well above the fray, contending, "We don't know the impact on the taxpayer yet." One likely reason for his evasion: on the same day that Brady unveiled the new estimates, Bush's third son, Neil, was explaining to the House Banking Committee his role in the downfall of the Silverado Savings and Loan of Denver. Bush, 34, is under investigation for potential conflicts of interest as a director of the thrift. In 1986 he voted to approve a $106 million loan...
Tenure troubles of a different nature alsobrought Bok into the fray at the Law School, wherehe had been dean for two years before becomingpresident...
...make the most of it. Some 16 years ago, he tried to start a community college in the Bedford Stuyvesant ghetto in Brooklyn (it failed for lack of funding). Perhaps the high point of his career was the years at CUNY where, with fighting-Irish brio, he led the fray surrounding the open-admissions policy, in the early '70s a divisive urban issue. "It was so simple at CUNY," he sighs. "There were no agendas, no politicking. Your task was clear: educate the poor. And that's what...