Word: missed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...style has been the quiet, tough-minded chief of the copy desk, Harriet Bachman. This month she decided to retire from policing abbreviations, hyphens, capitals, captions, etc., to tend to her antique collection and study Russian. In announcing Bachman's retirement, Managing Editor Henry Grunwald wrote: "We will miss her as the supreme arbiter of grammar and defender of TIME's English prose against many enemies, ranging from outright barbarism to simple negligence...
...total earnings from more than a half-century of writing is $20 million. But the exact amount remains a mystery not likely to be solved even when her will is read. Her royalty arrangements and trusts would tax the brains of her two famous detectives, M. Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. In addition, Agatha Christie had already given away millions to her family. Her only grandson, Mathew Prichard, 32, was eight years old when she presented him with sole rights to The Mousetrap, the world's longest-running play...
Remaining pieces, Kimi Okada's tap dance "Hit or Miss" and Pam Quinn's "A Coup from the Blues," return to beat and music and the exuberant physicality of dance. Yet, set against the style of The Polish Mime Ballet Theater, these two works preserve an American earnestness, steering clear of overmuch theatricality--or sensuality...
There seem to be two major criticisms of Kearns as a professor. First, some students have complained that Government 154 is "whirlwind historicism" because it whips through 200 years of American history. However, concentrating in depth on specific moments in history would miss the basic thrust of the course, which is to examine the evolving structure of the presidency, throughout American history. Secondly, Kearns is criticized for being overextended. For the last two years she has been so committed to outside activities that she has not been as accessible as before. Nonetheless she is still more accessible and approachable than...
...matter where he's traveled during the week, however, Mayer is always at home for open house on Friday afternoon. "I never miss those open houses," Mayer said. "It's important for the students to know that they can always find me there...