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...Croce "under the aegis of the Great Newt, [where] a traditionalist may safely rage against the rise of minorities." Conservative art critic Hilton Kramer saw things differently, calling the piece "the most definitive essay on the arts in the 1990s that any American critic has yet written ... a landmark in the cultural history...
Almost 12 years after the landmark federal study ``A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform'' warned darkly of the ``rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future,'' we remain a nation at risk. We are a nation, that is, whose 13-year-olds have average math skills that rank below those in 14 other developed countries, according to one 1991 study. We are a nation whose college professors complain that before they can teach the classics, they must teach the basics. And while nearly all American adults can read and write at a basic level, according...
After a few years of discussions, she decided to make the landmark donation to the AIDS Institute...
...landmark gift from John Shad, the former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to start an ethics program at the Business School came about in a very different way. As John H. McArthur, dean of the Business School, relates the story, Shad had been involved with the school for some time and asked if he could meet with McArthur...
...stake in shows they air and the change in fin-syn rules, the networks for the first time can share in the money that a show generates in its afterlife. The producers, in the meantime, get the networks to take on more of the up-front costs. In a landmark deal last fall, ABC entered into a joint venture to create a new TV studio with Hollywood moguls Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen. ABC has a 50% stake in the company and, in an unprecedented move, has agreed to share directly with the studio the advertising revenue...