Word: mastering
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TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES reinforce our standing among the laughably inferior forms of life. Compared to the sniveling beasts of the jungle, Man's intelligence--not to mention his table manners--is unparalleled. Man is the absolute undisputed master of all he surveys. Yes, progress has served him well. That is, until...
...tutors in the house came up with the idea," Lowell House Master William H. Bossert said, who presented the idea last April. "They said it's tough for them to go to academic tables in other houses. I don't consider it as a convenience or social thing but to serve an academic purpose...
...Judge Ginsburg's case. Some experimenting with marijuana and the poor man is forced to make statements to the press. To those of us in college now, that comes as quite a blow. Gov jocks must quaking about that crazy night at Quincy when they got sick on the Master's residence or that paper extension that turned into three weeks. How much should mistakes now cost us later...
...little-known feature of their relationship has been the quiet mediation of a third man, the past master of summitry, Richard Nixon. The former President has taken it on himself to explain Reagan and Gorbachev to each other, coaxing them toward accommodation where possible. Nixon has found an attentive hearing in the White House and the Kremlin alike...
Koch rarely asks that question anymore. Midway through the third term he won in 1985 with a 76% landslide, the mayor appears battered and snappish as he struggles to maintain his uncertain hold on a turbulent and troubled city. Like Ronald Reagan, Koch is a master showman who finds that he can no longer dazzle his audience. His woes are such that when he was asked to lead a delegation this month to observe progress toward peace in Nicaragua, it offered a pleasant change from New York City...