Word: latters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Perhaps the problem is not the number of these "latter day Sophists" (to quote Brandeis's Frederic T. Sommers), but the appeal they have. In this case, the problem lies not with the stars but within vocal campus groups who succumb to the radical chic. Which leads us to our next group of candidates...
Producer Farian was using the same studio singers -- Charles Shaw, Johnny Davis and Brad Howell, the latter two of whom are credited with background vocals on Girl -- to make the new Milli Vanilli album, due out in January, and Rob and Fab were having none of it. After all, as far as the public was concerned, they were Milli Vanilli: they were the ones who went on tour and shook their booties; they were the ones who accepted the Grammy last year for Best New Artist. They demanded to sing for themselves. When the producer remained adamant, they fired...
...blazing Holden home they ran into a hail of gunfire that cut down the first five arrivals. The gunman was David Gray, 33, an unemployed farmhand and next-door neighbor of the Holdens. Earlier he had picked an argument with Holden, possibly over the latter's mistreatment of his dog and rabbits. Gray then killed Holden and his elder daughter, 11, and torched the house. As terrified villagers tried to flee, Gray fired at them with five high-powered rifles kept in his kitchen, then began to stalk neighbors' homes. Among those killed was the first policeman to arrive...
...growing unhappiness, trustees of the College Board last week revised the SAT, although less radically than some critics had wanted. Starting in 1994, the SAT and its companion Achievement Test will be known as SAT-I and SAT-II.The former will test verbal skills and reasoning ability in math; the latter, knowledge of certain specific subjects, such as history and politics. SAT-I will include longer critical reading passages and more questions to test students' understanding of the material...
...With the latter group of supporters, Silber could be replaced by anyone and they would still be classic followers. If Silber were Bush, they would be liberal-bashers. If Silber were Kennedy, they would be the voice of a new generation. If Silber were Mao Ze-Dong, they would be the Red Guards...