Word: georgetown
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Educational Background: Harvard College, Georgetown University Law Center...
Deborah Tannen, Georgetown professor of linguistics and author, most recently, of The Argument Culture, was asked by NOTEBOOK's Tam Gray to help us understand Bill Clinton's approach to apologizing...
Intellectuals have just about accepted pornography's place in pop culture. This month's World Pornography Conference in Los Angeles, sponsored by California State University at Northridge, included a Georgetown University professor talking about "Gonzo Pornography." Keynote speaker Nadine Strossen, president of the A.C.L.U. and author of Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex and the Fight for Women's Rights, says, "My very strong impression is that the tide has turned." Of the $10 billion sex industry, she says, "It's not 10 perverts spending $1 billion a year...
Last Saturday night, during a visit to Washington, D.C., several friends and I were standing on a street corner deciding whether to walk to Ben & Jerry's in Georgetown or just buy a pint of ice cream at 7-11. As youths that still enjoy the novelty of independence in a big city, we were confident, lighthearted and safe. It was easy to forget that there is trouble in the world...
...sounds a bit apocalyptic to critics. "A heavily armed public," says Duke University public-policy professor Philip Cook, "could easily lead to a more heavily armed army of robbers and assaulters who will fire first and ask questions later." Jens Ludwig, a professor of pubic policy at Georgetown University, contends that the book does not account for fluctuating factors like poverty levels and policing techniques, which might affect crime rates even more than gun laws...