Word: minding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bill Lee is no prophet. He's just a regular guy who speaks his mind. Most people never get to meet their heroes, and when they do they are usually disappointed. That's because they look too high and too far away. All I did was a look a little bit askew, and I found a spaceman who earned my vote for President...
Thursday, 15--University of Chicago professor Allan Bloom today announced that he was taking back all the criticism of contemporary American society that he levelled in his unexpected blockbuster book The Closing of the American Mind. "What can I say?" he said in an announcement addressed to the American people. "I was drinking a lot back then, my significant other was giving me a hard time and my stomach was acting up. I was in a pretty bad mood and I took it out on you all. I'm really sorry. Really...
...1990s and beyond. Breakthroughs are waiting to be made in fields that range from genetic engineering to particle physics, from automated manufacturing to space exploration. There is even a chance that scientists will use the new computers to understand better the most complex machine of all, the human mind...
...seek a seat on BP's board. They initially promised not to raise their stake above 22.5%, but Fauad Jaffar, deputy chairman of KIO, seemed to waffle on that pledge during a recent television interview. Said he: "If the situation changes, obviously any investor must have an open mind...
...other characters in the Iran-contra drama dropped from sight after last summer's congressional hearings, and the House- Senate investigation seemed to come to an inconclusive end marked by partisan sniping. The Wall Street Crash and last December's Reagan-Gorbachev summit concentrated the nation's mind on larger matters. If the Iran-contra scandal has been a refrain in Democratic primary campaigns, and a stick that rivals have used to attack Bush, voters have seemed more interested in determining who can best protect their jobs and deal with Gorbachev...