Word: heeding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Once the financial disaster of Loker was apparent (and only then), administrators realized something had gone wrong. Relegating student input to a token role in the planning process--a few seats on a committee--came back to haunt them. But even financial losses didn't make them heed the voices of dissatisfied undergraduates. Administrators continued to resist dramatic changes in lighting and furnishings. Their half-hearted response--a few couches and a pool table--could not overcome the utter lack of regard for undergraduate life apparent in the design...
...project--paid for. This renegade Pentecostalist has the spiel and showmanship to fill a tent or a temple; when E.F. talks, people listen. "I'm a genu-wine, Holy Ghost, Jesus-filled preachin' machine this mornin'!" He can woo a dying man to the Lord, but he can't heed his own gospel. He menaces his frazzled wife (Farrah Fawcett) and clubs a rival with a baseball bat; when the man falls into a coma, E.F. shows no regret or remorse. He flies away, landing in Louisiana and hoping to build another church. Jesus' retailer needs a new store...
...light of such events as the L.A. riots, the Oklahoma City bombing and the resurgence of skinhead groups, Cleaver said, "King's assassination marks this country's colossal failure to heed his message...
...service also brought up questions of what Harvard does to heed King's message...
...inevitable catch? No one is sure how long patients will have to take buprenorphine before they can be free of it. Doctors say most heroin addicts are addicted for life, even if they stop using it--a warning Ted C. might well heed. What's more, buprenorphine will probably cost more than methadone, ruling it out for poor junkies without government aid. Still, it could be a lifeline for many of the estimated half-million American addicts. Predicts Rotrosen: "It will fundamentally change the way heroin is treated...