Word: leaned
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...moral equilibrium in the face of world-shattering historical events runs through much of Bolt's work, from his career-making play, 1960's A Man for All Seasons, which he fashioned into an Oscar-winning screenplay for the 1966 movie version, to his scripts for the David Lean epics Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Dr. Zhivago (1965)-the latter earning Bolt an Oscar...
...rogue financier Robert Vesco for an illegal $200,000 contribution to Nixon's re-election campaign. Eventually Nixon's Attorney General John Mitchell pressured William Casey, then sec chairman and Sporkin's boss, to delay an investigation into Vesco's contribution until after Election Day. When Casey tried to lean on Sporkin, the latter resisted and persuaded Casey to do the same-advice that may have spared Casey criminal charges later for obstruction of justice...
...University must make the difficult decision of which responsibility to favor. Should we lean in favor of the former by allowing students to segregate themselves, to live with others who share a similar heritage or personality, as so often happens in our larger society? Or should we take the path of stringent morality, in which we try to create a more just and equitable society by forcing students to come to terms with individuals different from themselves...
ALVINN, short for Autonomous Land Vehicle in the Neural Network, originated in 1985 as a research project by C.M.U.'s Robotics Institute for the U.S. military. Early progress aroused the U.S. Department of Transportation and U.S. automakers to the fascinating possibilities of fully automated passenger vehicles. The lean-back comfort of a train meets the door-to-door convenience of a car. Automobile travelers would be able to key in their destination, flip open a magazine and leave the actual driving to ALVINN. Last October the DOT committed $160 million to an Automated Highway System research consortium, which includes...
Other companies that turned lean under the pressure of foreign competition are now poised to profit from a cheap peso that lowers the price of their exports. Min-Cer, a maker of wheel and drum components for tractor-trailers, plans to export 90% of its output this year. ``We are expecting a very steep drop in domestic demand, but we're working three shifts a day for exports,'' general director Carlos de la Garza says...