Word: mertonism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crown Prince, Akihito began his workday at 10 a.m., planning public appearances and receiving visitors. Later the family would gather in the palace sitting room for tea and cake -- and for Prince Hiro, perhaps a slug of whiskey, which he learned to savor during two years at Oxford's Merton College. The eligible Prince Hiro, an aspiring historian, overshadows his father in the public mind because Japanese newspapers have unleashed squads of reporters to cover the big story: whom he will marry and when...
...novice round, freshman Susan Andersen led the way with a first-place finish in the Level 5 division. Andrea Fraser won her Level 3 class. Freshman Samantha Merton finished in second place in Level 4, while Diane Ortiz placed fifth in the same division. Bridget Bailey rounded out the novice round with a sixth-place finish in Level...
...Dragoons in the 1850s. But for a few years more, the core will be soldiers who trained to fight from the saddle. They call one another Trooper, so that former noncoms and onetime generals can feel at ease as they retell old stories, many of them true. Merton Glover, a big, angular man of 69, retired years ago as a platoon sergeant. He trained as a horse soldier, but in 1942 he was transferred to Fort Meade, S. Dak., where the cavalry was experimenting with mechanization. The concept was shaky at first. "Their idea for a while was to have...
...trading pits are supervised by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which also regulates such mundane commodities as pork bellies and grain futures. Congressman Markey calls the gap between the two agencies a "regulatory black hole." The Mercantile Exchange argues that the C.F.T.C.'s performance has been perfectly satisfactory. Says Merton Miller, finance professor at the University of Chicago: "Competition can be good, even when it's competition among regulators...
...aren't quite what you'd expect. "We read the autobiography of Anna Russell the other week. Very racy," says Father Dalby, who at age 86 is one of the senior members of the community. "Sometimes we have a more spiritual book, like some of the writings of Thomas Merton," he adds...