Word: hackneyed
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...editorial in the April issue, perhaps written by editor-in-chief Edward J. Hackney, argues that those who call Vietnam and other such conflicts "wrong wars" are, in fact, wrong-headed. "These conflicts, these 'wrong wars' which we cover in Eagle, are sending societies into oblivion just as visibly as if they had been struck by a 'right' war." Light comes early to 79 Madison...
...What we have found is that the future of this university rests with the sciences, with Wharton, with engineering," President Sheldon Hackney said, adding, "Regardless of whether or not we like it, the liberal arts at Penn are not going to pay the rent...
...Hackney said that he has appointed a special committee to make recommendations concerning the best way to make further budget cuts and examine the relative worth of each of the departments in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
...Hackney took office as the University's sixth president and 21st chief executive officer, replacing Martin Meyerson, whom the Trustees unanimously named as chairman of the University of Pennsylvania Foundation, a fundraising organization...
Meyerson exercised his presidential power for the last time by bestowing an honorary master's degree upon Hackney...