Word: missed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only empty shelves is to miss the remarkable nature of the Soviet reforms. Gorbachev believes that the three prongs of his program are inextricably linked. Demokratizatsiya goes hand in glove with perestroika, he argues, because individual initiative is impossible in a society where decision-making is alienated from the people. And for either prong to work, there must be open discussion of ideas and criticism of the system's flaws. "It is only by combining economic reform with political changes, demokratizatsiya and glasnost that we can fulfill the tasks we have set for ourselves," Gorbachev told a party plenum...
Strindberg's 1887 drama about a one-night affair between an aristocrat and her servant, Miss Julie details the emerging European concepts of Darwinism, psychology and the collapsing aristocracy of Europe. This play in the North House Dining Hall should prove an interesting combination of action, mime and dance in what was, in the nineteenth century, a highly innovative and ground-breaking play...
...Miss Julie...
Quote of the Week: "I take the shot and I hear this voice [Coach Steve Fisher] screaming, 'Not that shot.' That might have had something to do with me missing."--Michigan center Terry Mills on his miss that was rebounded for the winning basket in Saturday's NCAA semifinal against Illinois. --Lori J. Lakin contributed to this notebook
...lost in critical rummage would be to miss the point. Irving's litany of error and folly may strike some as too righteous; but it is effective. His glaring capital letters aside, Meany reminds us that, after the nostrums of the Great Communicator, news should be more than what we did not know yesterday and are likely to forget tomorrow...