Word: interestedness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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CAPITALISM: this economic system is supposedly based upon the individual's right to the fruits of his or her labor. Its opponents are either stupid or unpatriotic. Actually, "capitalism" is a system where power is concentrated in the hands of a relatively small number of multinational corporations. The tax code...
The flip side is that the number of undergraduates aiming at the more traditional, professional-oriented areas of graduate study--business, law and medicine--is on the decline. In fact, a mere 12 percent of those surveyed said they were interested in going to medical school.
That more students are interested in becoming teachers than brokers may have less to do with high-minded ideals than with a greater intellectual interest in history than in money management. To reduce every college generations' career choices to a question of money versus altruism trivializes student's judgment and...
Progressive Governor Hiram Johnson introduced the ballot initiative in 1911 so that California voters could bypass a state legislature controlled by self- interested businessmen. This year, however, all but two of the state's 29 initiatives were sponsored by special interests, which spent a record $130 million. Yet Johnson would...
Bush's greatest political strength is his fascination with people. He quizzes casual acquaintances about their families and interests, and seems ; interested in their replies. He stays in regular touch with so many friends that two aides are occupied nearly full-time monitoring their advice and greetings. As President, he...