Word: macdonaldization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...three ministers of the moment--J. Philip Wogaman, Gordon MacDonald and Tony Campolo--are members of what was once a behind-the-scenes coterie of clergymen whose guidance Clinton has sought throughout his presidency. MacDonald and Campolo, both evangelical ministers, are spiritual celebrities, motivational speakers and authors of self-help books. Campolo, a sociology professor at Eastern College in St. Davids, Pa., describes himself as "politically liberal but theologically conservative" and has fought for justice for the urban poor and homosexuals. MacDonald, senior minister at interdenominational Grace Chapel in Lexington, Mass., admitted 11 years ago to an adulterous affair...
...might hope Eddie Murphy's new comedy would have some of the coarse elan of The Nutty Professor--its parading of his gift for mimicry and disguise. But here he's a physician who not only can talk to the animals (voiced by Norm MacDonald, Albert Brooks, Chris Rock and other familiars) but also has to listen to every cocky word they say. So this very active actor must be mainly reactive. And there's not much humor in 85 minutes of Eddie going...
...MacDonald said sometimes players "might notdevelop as well as you'd expect" because theyrarely choose to leave Harvard for the NHL beforefinishing their undergraduate educations...
Despite a tradition of top players--theAvalanche drafted Moore's team- mates Benjamin H.Storey '99 and Matthew B. Scorsune '99 in1996--MacDonald said Harvard hockey is known as an"academic program...
...think Harvard's program is improving, butstill has a ways to go,"MacDonald said...