Word: loath
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Rosovsky and Gerrity are loath to say they put a special emphasis on Faculty salaries in general this year--"Faculty salaries have always been a priority," insists Gerrity--but they do admit they made an unusual effort to raise the pay scale for professors at the associate, assistant, and instructor levels...
Almost invariably, efforts to improve the economy create a Catch-22 trap for Soviet leaders. To stimulate output, they must increase incentives and loosen central control. But to do so means giving up some of their vested power, which they are loath to do. Moreover, Soviet preoccupation with defense prevents any substantial diversion of resources to consumers. "The Soviets don't seem to take account of popular needs and wants as they should," says a U.S. official. Adds Goldman: "They have a tired leadership and a tired economy. Coupled with the pressures from places like Poland...
...seems to be loath to support funding for programs to ease the impact of energy development in the Mountain States. For four years Gary Hart has been putting up legislation to soften the impact, and Congress has been battling it down...
Where could women find examples of themselves? Foremost writers such as Goethe, Milton and Swift divided women between devils (vile, loath-some creatures) and angels, perpetual virgins who were equally unhuman. The quotes from these accepted geniuses are enough to turn any woman's hair prematurely grey: contemplation is feminine, action is masculine, and the ideal woman is a death-like fragile heroine ready to expire at a moment's notice. Edgar Allen Poe said, "The death of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world" -- no doubt to everyone except the woman who's doing...
Green also brought to the Phillies the Earl Weaver philosophy of playing every man on the roster. Philadelphia had traditionally played a stand-pat lineup, but Green used pinch hitters freely and was not loath to make late-inning defensive changes in his oversupply of high-priced stars...