Word: mentioned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...failed to mention one of the more glaring reasons the Mob can operate with impunity-and that is that there are too many corrupt officials on the take. They are willing to turn their heads away as long as enough money sticks to their fingers...
Perhaps the most comical recommendations came from the ill-fated task force on college life. That report, of all things, suggested that the housing crisis at Harvard be solved by exactly the means that Dean Fox rejected. As alternatives, the task force favored four-year Houses (ideally), then mentioned that the 1-1-2 plan seemed interesting, and finally favored putting all freshmen at the Quad. The Fox plan received only token mention. The task force members also wanted a no-choice system of House selection and more aid to the arts. But no one from the task force...
...more painful was the Faculty Council's mangling of the core curriculum task force's original report, which recommended that there be required courses in mathematical reasoning, and its application, physical sciences, biological sciences, western culture, non-western culture, political and moral philosophy and modern social analysis. I should mention from the outset I have been personally opposed to the plan because of the required nature of the offerings, although I believe that a group of advisory introductory courses in these specific areas would be a welcome addition to the program. But the Faculty Council, in a resolution endorsed...
...when busy, chirps and burbles like a mobile Mr. Coffee machine. When he gets zapped by Darth Vader, it is almost as traumatic for kids as that awful moment in Bambi when the little fawn's mother is slain by hunters. Fortunately for Artoo Detoo, however, not to mention the youngsters, there are replacement parts back in the shop...
...chairman of the National Enterprise Board oversees companies in which the government owns shares, to British Leyland Chief Executive Alex Park. The letter spoke of a "proposed method for dealing with 'special account arrangements' " that had been "nodded through" by Varley. The note went on to mention Ryder's concern about "the escalating trend of payment to 'contract agents,' " especially in the Middle East, and included a warning that the company should not be "taken for a 'camel ride' in such dangerous territory," evidently referring to shakedowns by unscrupulous go-betweens...