Word: gist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...spokeman for the university, which has also begun an official investigation of the charges said this week. "It appears at the present time the gist of the complaint is that university officials responsible for hiring and promoting are not following university policy and as a result many employees, especially minorities, are not being treated the way they are entitled...
...gist of that is not accurate," Pipes, a Soviet historian, said. Flora Lewis, who wrote the column, could not be reached for comment...
...gist of the coeducation argument is if you admit women, more students will apply and you can be more selective," one source close to the committee said. Other committee members said Columbia's all-male status deters potential applicants...
...from a collective past. A line like "Some time ago a figure strolled along the esplanade" from "A Blurred Girl" evokes a certain misty, mushy image in each of us, and linked together, these recollections form jagged edges of the complete picture. He supplies no details but makes the gist clear. Foxx has the ability to tap our emotional reservoirs with just a few evocative phrases, like these from "A New Kind...
...gist of Brezhnev's message, says Hammer, was this: "If the Russians had guarantees that the U.S. and neighboring countries would exert their influence to see that there was no interference in the internal affairs of Afghanistan, and above all, if the U.S. would assure that the arms it is sending to Pakistan would be used only for defensive purposes, then the Soviet troops would be withdrawn." Most of the time Brezhnev read from a prepared text, but he broke off from time to time for more candid remarks. Said Hammer: "He felt that the accusations that the Soviets...