Word: freshing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Perhaps the most important of Greenspan's early gurus was Ayn Rand, the best-selling author of novels like Atlas Shrugged. Though Rand is now generally viewed as a pop philosopher who was neither a rigorous nor original thinker, she was fresh and influential when Greenspan met her in 1952. The economist became taken with her theory of objectivism, which argues that society is best served by "rational selfishness," in which people act only to further their own private interests. Greenspan, who was a friend of Rand's until her death in 1982, credits the writer with teaching him that...
...Fresh from the 1642 founding, the early overseers were left to cope with a university that was experiencing growing pains. One sordid college master, Nathaniel Eaton, beat his students with a cudgel while his wife laced the college pudding with goal dung. A momentary crisis ensued when Eaton fled and the college closed...
...future reflects his prominence. Administrators predict that fresh back from a sabbatical, Bok is ready for up to four more years at Harvard's helm. Prognosticators here and elsewhere say that he may be in line for an ambassadorship similar to that of retiring Yale President Kingman Brewster took a post at the Court of St. James. Others say he may take the helm of an educational foundation as Nathan M. Pusey '28 did when he left Harvard to head the Mellon Foundation...
...Harvard Band prepared "to provide cacaphonic background for the melee," The Crimson reported, and students made appropriate signs to welcome Kelly and show their support for Pogo. The student newspaper promised a fresh supply of "I Go Pogo" buttons. Cambridge Police Chief Patrick J. Ready gave his approval for the political demonstration, but warned that patrolmen would be on hand in case the crowd got out of control...
...young masters, Michael Vanderbyl and Michael Manwaring, lead a splurge in San Francisco graphics -- fresh, playful, elegant...