Word: lowing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...least," says Ernest Boyer, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. For inner-city students there has been little change. "Reforms were aimed at middle-class schools," notes Gary Orfield, an urban-education expert at the University of Chicago. "They didn't really address low-income schools...
After clinching the Republican presidential nomination in mid-March, George Bush seemed to disappear from the national stage. That low profile was fine with the cautious half of his campaign team. "The public isn't focused on the election yet," declared Bush's pollster, Robert Teeter. "This is a time for unifying the party, planning the convention, developing positions and reaching out to new groups...
Services Committee member Daniel Schorr '91agreed with Mandery, saying, "I just think thatthe turnout is going to be so low--that it's a bigissue...
...With respect to the predominance of Black members in our organization and others, we feel that low white membership is due not to discrimination on our part, but rather it is the product of a society in which minority organizations are not seen with the same prestige that is bestowed upon mainstream ones. Thus, many whites are aware of our organizations but feel no real desire to be a part of them. (It should be noted that our informationals are advertised and opened to all males in the collegiate community.) Further, it must also be recognized that "Black" Greek letter...
...Tinker and his then wife Mary Tyler Moore. After a couple of failed series, Bochco and another MTM writer, Michael Kozoll, were asked by NBC to develop a police series with a human touch. They came up with Hill Street Blues, which debuted in January 1981. Though ratings were low at first, NBC stuck with the show; it went on to win a record 26 Emmys (six for Bochco alone) and to virtually reinvent television drama...