Word: interpretive
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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With the Dow Jones industrial average trying to break through 3000, how come we're not getting rich? For you, it's just irritating. For me, it's embarrassing. It's my job to get rich (or so I interpret the responsibility). Who wants financial advice from a flounder? I go to the playground after the market closes, and the other kids make fun of me. "How's your Nike?" they laugh, knowing I shorted it at 70, betting it would go down. (It's 89.) "How's ol' Crappy?" they squeal, referring by nickname to a small auto- parts...
...with him and his intended (Christine Baranski) having their first really honest conversation, via the telephone. Safely alone, if groping toward connection, they engage in dialogue by means of shared soliloquy. In the middle, the woman meets the man's old high school buddies -- an encounter that the lovers interpret in opposite ways and analyze to oblivion. Feiffer deftly satirizes self-awareness and communication, even while urging the need for them...
...what others interpret as a frustrating conservatism on hiring questions, Bok sees as making sure that Harvard scholars remain the best in the world...
...higher professional status and to attract doctors to the specialty. The regular, albeit high-stress, hours are appealing, as is the chance to see a wide variety of ailments. "I think generally people see what goes on down here as either stress or excitement," says Dr. Bourland. "Those who interpret it as stress burn out, and those who see it as excitement...
...think the Justice Department has pretty much said, 'don't interpret this to mean anything,'" said David Merkowitz, a spokesperson for the American Council on Education...