Word: furthers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Felstiner says she chose to teach at San Francisco State University because she believed she could best further the study of women's issues there.
City Happenings: Page B-4. In Cambridge, squatters were evicted from land owned by MIT. The city's hands also knocked on unexpecting doors this spring, as Cambridge police arrested a Harvard student who was attending an Adams House party. The arrest raised further questions about the relationship between town...
The roots of this materialism seem to lie in Western society's tendency to place value in linear progress--the further away you get from your starting point, the better you have done. This culture's predominant ethic dictates that the acquisition of "more"--more money, more material goods, more...
All this means that we can expect our culture to become ever more motivated by social competition. Certain types of goods will slip even further out of read of the middle classes. And this cycle will feed on itself--particular brands will take on even greater importance. And even another...
But Bush and Dukakis are getting more on the West Coast than a tan. The nation's most populous state, California offers the single largest prize in November: 47 electoral votes. Raising the stakes further is the strong sense that the state could go either way this year, perhaps serving...