Word: markedness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Since the Bok Administration took office, however, the University's handling of the controversy has been marked by a lack of stamina. In sharp contrast to President Emeritus Nathan M. Pusey's vocal opposition to the project, Bok has said almost nothing about Black Rock.
Debate has focused on the museum and the "related facilities" building designed to bring tax revenue to the city. Although Pei has termed the related facilities area vital to the spirit of the entire development, the corporation and the city have been unable to agree on what to build there...
THE MOST self-consciously profound contribution on the two recent releases of Sullivan's music is the Symphony in E-minor, named (by the composer) "The Irish". It would be easy to dismiss the style as distilled Mendelssohn. This would be wrong for there is an individuality of expression quite...
Despite healthy appetites, the astronauts lost weight, Alan Bean dropping the most: 8½ lbs. There was also a deterioration of muscle tone, marked by loss of more than an inch in the circumference of the crew's calves. Yet most of these changes took place during the first...
That quest began for Auden with the belief that through science and poetry, man and society could be known and shown for what they are-and both vastly improved. When this happened, what he called "the just city" might be established. The hope was hopelessly ambiguous from the start. Auden...