Word: leveller
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most of Vorenberg's tenure, however, observers have criticized the Law School for what they perceived as an unproductive set of political battles over tenure decisions. Polarized along ideological lines, the law professors have fought bitterly over normally routine promotions from tenure-track to senior-level positions. As a result, the school has seemed less attractive to both students and scholars...
...whatever concessions he has made at the level of friendships, Granieri remains true to his cause. During a recent torrential rainstorm, Granieri found himself standing without an umbrella in front of Revolution Books, a store in Harvard Square selling the likes of Mao and Engels. Did he seek shelter in the bookstore? "I preferred to get soaked...
...ironic to hear that Bush has been an ineffectual President on the domestic level. Recent economic indicators would astound even the most skeptical. Since Bush has entered office, the unemployment has dropped to 5.1 percent; the trade deficit has fallen, exports exceeding imports by $1.8 billion during the last quarter; the stock market recently hit a post-crash high...
...separate study, the NTSB chronicled serious flaws in the air-traffic- control system for Southern California's airports. Though the FAA knew of cramped working conditions in control towers and a high level of errors, the agency allegedly took no action to improve the situation...
...galling. Perhaps that is why Americans react so emotionally to the Japanese buying spree yet all but ignore the far larger British and Dutch investment portfolios. Even Japanophiles like Norman Brown, chief executive of the Chicago-based advertising giant Foote, Cone & Belding, concede that the playing field is not level. "It's this lack of fairness and reciprocity that has deeply antagonized American business," he says. "There have been enough instances to have provoked a groundswell in reaction...