Word: interestedness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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As children, many Americans greeted a bowl of oatmeal with an expression of disgust. "It's good for you," Mom would intone, but who believed her? The yucky greige sludge might be filling, but good for you? Forget it. They sure believe her now. Today cholesterol-conscious consumers are eagerly...
But as Gregorian prepares to take the top post at Brown in April, he is rarely referred to as a fundraiser. Instead those who chose him and those who work with him note that he is warm and affable, an Armenian, Beiruteducated scholar passionately interested in Middle Eastern history. To...
ALTHOUGH these organizations focus on diverse issues, their complaints have a common orientation--fairness--and a common target--elitism. But they lack a unified spokesman. The Undergraduate Council, which funds these groups, would seem to make a helpful advocate: the nominal undergraduate representative would seem to be the natural leader...
If not for its students, then at least for the academy. Only by occupying high moral ground have the nation's universities maintained their respected position in American society. By debasing its actions to the level of a self-interested corporation, Harvard is rapidly losing its moral integrity. Venturing into...
Bush's advisers insisted that Quayle would yet become an asset to the ticket. Said Craig Fuller, the Vice President's chief of staff: "There's clearly a sense that the media attacks on him were overdone, and people are interested in judging him for themselves."