Word: manner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lessing extracts a good dose of macabre humor from the dreariness of this household and the deluded egotism of its inhabitants. Jasper's manner as a public speaker, seen through the clammy mist of Alice's adoration, yields an acid portrait: "His style was to use the familiar phrases of the socialist ) lexicon, but as though he had only just that moment discovered them, so that when he began, there was often a moment when people showed a tendency to laugh." But it becomes increasingly difficult to care about Alice and her confederates. They are looking for trouble...
Academics agree that sexual harassment is not a problem restricted to Harvard, nor certainly to academia. They reiterate that Harvard has dealt with the problem in a more public manner than most other institutions, giving the appearance that the problem is worse than at other schools...
What was most remarkable about the party changes was the gracious and peaceable manner in which they were carried out. There were no outright purges, no summary arrests, no instances of personal humiliation, as in Mao's time. The old-timers went quietly, praised for their work and assured that most of them would become "advisers," with the same pay and perks as before, including access to housing, cars and political documents. According to some reports, they may also have received promises that their sons or daughters would receive future party appointments. Moreover, even as veteran military leaders stepped down...
...what sort of amendments may be attached. A number of the cosponsors have signed on less out of any consuming desire to save the U.S. textile industry than out of a desire to turn the bill into a vehicle for amendments that would restrict imports of shoes and all manner of other products. But should they fail in that effort or be frustrated by a Reagan veto that sticks, the anti-import forces will not lack for other bills that would enable them to renew the fight...
...invests to abide only by the Sullivan Principles, which are incorrectly defined as standards of corporate conduct in the workplace and not in the public sector. In fact, Sullivan requires active participation in the political process, lobbying against fundamental aspects of apartheid. Harvard has denounced apartheid in this manner for years and recent efforts to improve this denunciation do not imply the opposite...