Word: modern
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Wattleton, along with syndicated Columnist Ellen Goodman and legions of other modern women, also objects to Wattenberg's tendency, as Goodman puts it, "to slip easily back into a traditional vernacular -- woman as exclusive child raiser." Schearer links this objection to the fundamental criticism of Wattenberg's espousal of Government birth incentives for the sake of international dominance. "There is something distasteful," he says, "about the concept that we should subvert personal aspirations in the democracy of America to the cause of maintaining our world-power status in the 21st century...
There are major gaps in Bender's discussion, however, notably on the Harlem Renaissance--covered in three pages--and jazz, which doesn't appear in a lengthy chapter on New York arts and music. Nevertheless, Bender generates enough confidence to be taken serious when he critiques modern academia or modern New York City--and in his conclusion he doesn't like the way either of these social institutions is evolving...
...Berlioz is the founder of modern orchestration." (Music...
...strokes a minute. Many of the 130 men and 40 women in the crew, mostly youthful British volunteers, are skilled racing oarsmen. Even so, handling the as yet unnamed trireme, which will be commissioned later this month, proved to be daunting. The seats do not move, as in modern shells, and the space between them is so small that oarsmen cannot move their bodies. The two bottom tiers of oarsmen must row blind. Guidance comes from the top level of rowers, who can see when the oars -- which are only 12 inches apart -- are overlapping. Those on the lowest tier...
...story are presumed to have long since made their peace with the printer's devil. In fact, however, the ranks of crime writers are as beleaguered as any other by the need for compromise. The battle rarely focuses on setting, which may be urban or rural, domestic or foreign, modern or ancient, or on subject matter, for which these days the rule seems to be the kinkier the better. The clash comes instead over format. Most writers seem to prefer one-shot stories, as full of catharsis as a classic tragedy, while publishers -- and readers -- clamor for series in which...