Word: mastering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...alumnae of Quincy House, we were appalled by Master Shinagel's remarks about Quincy's dining hall checkers. Shinagel implied to The Crimson that his comments were a joke and that those who find them offensive are humorless dullards. We hope that other members of the Harvard community will agree that his remarks displayed no humor, but revealed a narrow mind and shocking insensitivity. Elizabeth A. Szanto '86-7 Susan M. Dynarski...
...successful leader, Keegan argues, a commander must master five imperatives: the imperative of kinship (persuading his troops that he understands and cares for them); the imperative of prescription (being able to tell his troops exactly what he wants and why); the imperative of sanction (convincing the troops that they will be rewarded if they fight and punished if they don't); the imperative of action (knowing when to attack); and the imperative of example (showing that he shares in the troops' dangers...
Like these predecessors, Wolfe is a master of social satire; he is, in fact, the best of his generation. Bonfire is merciless and unrelenting in its depiction of New York as a city driven by ethnic and racial hostility, political ambition and status. What of idealism, ethics and refined impulses? In the words of one fulsome character, "fuhgedaboudit." Action is motivated by the seven deadly sins, distributed evenhandedly among the city's blacks, Irish, Jews and that overlooked minority, the rich Wasps...
...main conceit is that the upper classes are especially vulnerable to prejudicial treatment if they lose their insulation. Sherman McCoy of Park Avenue and Southampton, the leading bond salesman at Pierce & Pierce, learns this harsh lesson when he is arrested for hit-and-run driving and plummets from a "Master of the Universe" to "the Great White Defendant," the dream of every ambitious $36,000-a-year assistant district attorney...
...13th Party Congress, Deng Xiaoping remains the master of compromise between ideologues and pragmatists. -- A TIME correspondent travels through China and the Soviet Union, comparing the substance and pace of reforms. -- Vacillating negotiators threaten the Central American peace process. -- The Soviets give the green light to more Jewish emigration...