Word: listenability
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...County at the head of the academic processions in Harvard Yard was traced by President Neil L. Rudenstine to the need to control drunk and disorderly behavior at graduations in colonial times. The tradition of heavy alcohol use by college students is part of the history of most institutions. Listen to almost any college song, and you are bound to hear about young men hoisting their beer mugs in tribute to their alma mater. Colleges have had a long-term affair with beer...
...respond more rapidly and effectively to international crises, the U.S. hasn?t shown clearly whether it's committed to acting as part of a community or whether it prefers to cut its own deals," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "Acting in concert with others requires a willingness to listen to different ideas on how a problem might be solved, but there?s a perception in the U.N. that Washington will sidestep the international body when...
...pull into a lot beside the Mississippi. With the sun setting, the sky is etched with a calligraphy of pink clouds, their reflection a soft wash on the river surface. "Well, here it is," Bradley says with satisfaction. He describes boyhood rituals, times when he would "be still and listen to the wind in the cottonwood trees and watch the current carry what it had scoured from half a continent." He calls the river "a metaphor for democracy" and talks about the peace he finds here. We do our best to look meditative. "If you're quiet," he says, "even...
...listen to the hyperventilating that followed George W. Bush's maiden campaign speech on education the other day in Los Angeles, you'd think the Texas Governor had proposed something radical. "Dangerous," declared Education Secretary Richard Riley. "Risky," cried Sandra Feldman, president of the American Federation of Teachers. Al Gore seemed downright mad: "Bush wants to slam the door" on public schools, the Veep said, with a "back-door voucher plan...
...Coach is a great guy," Kelly said. "It's definitely a change. We respect where he's been and played. He knows the game, and we listen...