Word: mindedness
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But while rhetoric flowed freely, the conference fell notably short on productive debate. In his closing address Mitterrand called for a New Renaissance, claiming that "the originality of the French idea lies there, at the intersection of technology and creativity." From such high-minded but vague declarations the colloquium often...
In fact the ratings given Reagan's appointees by the tradition-minded American Bar Association are nearly the same as those given to Carter's. About 6% in each group got the highest ranking, "exceptionally well qualified"; while Carter named three judges who were found "not qualified," none...
The motion before the Oxford Union, the university's prestigious 160-year-old debating society, had a familiar ring: "This house would not fight for Queen and country." Exactly 50 years earlier, on Feb. 9, 1933, the Union debated the same subject in the same wood-paneled hall. On...
DIED. William L. Cary, 72, principled, tough-minded chairman (1961-64) of the Securities and Exchange Commission and professor of corporate and tax law at Columbia University; of cancer; in New York City. Cary spurred the then sleepy SEC into increasing its enforcement powers and tightening insider trading rules. His...
Don't ask a hunters' magazine to give the deer's side of the story. Don't look for lectures on chastity in Cosmopolitan or Penthouse. Don't expect defenses of Interior Secretary James Watt in an environmental journal. The unstated premise of all specialized...