Word: lames
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although one administrator said, "Matina Horner is not a lame duck," she added that fundraising solutions will not be announced until the new president takes office...
President Bok is expected to announce the school's new dean sometime in the next few weeks. The dean, who will take over for lame duck Dean Graham T. Allison '62 in the fall, will likely mark a transition for the Kennedy School from the skyrocketing growth of the Allison years to a period of consolidation at Harvard's youngest professional school...
...demoralizing experience, especially for those afflicted with an acidic burning in the inner linings of their stomachs late at night. By now, even freshmen have learned that the Square's high rents mean places like Au Bon Pain can get away with charging you four bucks for a lame, lumpy and lazy sandwich...
Actually, the Pat Sajak Show has stationed itself carefully between those twin towers of late night, Carson and David Letterman. Like Letterman, Sajak has a touch of self-mocking irony and presides over irreverent comedy bits, which range from funny (Sajak goes to the doctor) to lame (audience members are enlisted to play Dunk an Auto Mechanic). But the show's physical look (band on the right, desk and couch on the left) and format (opening monologue followed by brief chat with easygoing sidekick), along with the host's witty but nonthreatening style, are all unmistakably Carson...
...attention. A farewell address represents a serious opportunity to define the problems and offer solutions. If Reagan realized that he had this opportunity, he gave the American people no sign when he asked them to remain unquestioningly proud of their country. And that's too bad because this lame-duck President won't get another chance...