Word: hear
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...virtually the some issues--and comes up with similar conclusions--in his new book, Choosing Elites. This time around, however, Klitgaard is careful to qualify his potentially inflammatory findings. His conclusions are not the irresponsible uminations of a racist--but rather an honest effort to bring policy analysis to hear on one of today's most perplexing social issues...
Indeed to hear the Class of 1935 tell it, today's undergrads would be astounded at the luxury and inexpensive of the accommodations of the 1930s, the severity of the rules regarding the opposite sex, the newness of the now-traditional House system, and--perhaps most of all--the Great Depression's lack of effect on College life...
Adventuresome audiences that had made the pilgrimage downtown to Leo Castelli's influential art gallery on West Broadway in SoHo, for example, might encounter minimalist sculpture by Don Judd and Richard Serra or hear Glass's new sounds in concert. Near by, Performance Artist Anderson was playing her violin on a street corner while wearing ice skates atop a melting block of ice. Composer Steve Reich had already experimented with out-of-sync tape loops in pieces like Come Out; Choreographer Childs had created her early works, like Street Dance. "No one organized an official group or issued a manifesto...
...sense to California Governor George Deukmejian. Two weekends ago he signed the first legislation in the U.S. allowing simultaneous, two-way closed-circuit television for some children under eleven in molestation cases. The system is designed to separate the accused from the accuser, while allowing each to see and hear the other on TV screens during testimony. Defense attorneys are expected to challenge the new law, citing the Sixth Amendment right of defendants to confront their accusers, whatever their age. The question will be whether confronting the witness through a TV screen satisfies the Constitution...
...hours at a time. Then Hartley would pop in and demand to know what we'd come up with," said one participant. After his victory, Hartley could scarcely conceal his glee: "This thing is going to keep me busy on the lecture circuit for years. If you want to hear my story, I'll send you an invitation to one of my speeches." One of his aides added, "It'll cost...