Word: hope
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...glut has invaded even these rarefied environs. At least a dozen sessions are devoted to the problem. At one, an angry panelist accuses senior faculty of callously taking on more and more graduate students in order to free themselves from lowly teaching assignments, even though the students have no hope of finding later placement in the profession. At another session, titled "Should Half the Ph.D. Programs Be Abolished?" Speaker Fred Tarpley of East Texas State University remarks, "From what I hear in the corridors, most people would say yes." He advocates an early warning system to turn off English Ph.D...
John C. White, when asked why he was nominated as the new Democratic national chairman: "Somebody told me they needed a lyin', doublecrossin' s.o.b. in there, but I hope that's not the reason...
...course, there is still a glimmer of hope for France. Perhaps the politicians will be able to strike a bargain of reconciliation and compromise; perhaps the economy will improve, and event which would certainly moderate political divisions and tensions. But Frenchmen are all too aware of the potential dangers that lie ahead. As the mood of impending crisis began to spread and darken last week, the newspaper "Le Figaro" counseled courage and moderation: "Let us stop hating and stop being afraid."But one must wonder, given the current political atmosphere, whether the French are willing, or able, to follow this...
...holiday quiet that settled on Washington's Mall, breathtakingly beautiful in the morning mist from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial, there seemed to be at the very least a moment of shared hope that rose larger than the multitude of problems that any New Year inevitably brings...
...more than the estimated difference in value between Chevy and other engines. The company will also give each car owner a transferable three-year or 36,000-mile warranty. The legal officers of California, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana and Tennessee refused to accept the settlement, presumably because they still hope to collect fines and get more for car owners in their states by pressing their suits. It is quite likely, however, that the U.S. district court in Chicago will both approve the settlement and rule that it should be applied to all 93,000 car buyers across the country...