Word: naming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...those who feel it is beneath their dignity to give a person a back rub or remove a dirty bedpan find some other name for their profession. Leave the nursing of the sick to nurses...
...controversy grows, so do Harvard's arts programs, most of which come out of the office of Myra A. Mayman, coordinator of arts at Harvard and Radcliffe. Not only does Mayman's office provide a large number of art opportunities--classes in dance, photography and pottery to name a few--it also provides money for independent student projects. Each year, Mayman allocates $10,000 to student artists whose work will "increase the understanding of art for all of Harvard" her office also provides subsidies for instrumental lessons with Boston musicians...
Boston School Committee President David Finnegan, the last in a trio of white Irish candidates, bills himself as the "fresh face" of the campaign. A lot of people on State Street thought that Finnegan might pull something off, if only because his name is not White or Timilty. But Finnegan is currently weighing in with about 10 or 15 per cent of the preliminary vote. His candidacy wasn't helped much, of course, by disclosures this summer that he was getting $20,000 a year as a lobbyist fot the tobacco industry. Finnegan believes in capital punishment (Why is capital...
...designer jeans up more than 30%. Compared with the old, proletarian Levi's, which retail for around $20, the designer models are more form-fitting and have fancier stitching and other touches. Until last spring, the market was dominated by Gloria Vanderbilt, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren and other names synonymous with class and cash. But Jordache? The name (pronounced Jor-dash) is a loose acronym for three immigrant Israeli brothers, Joseph, Ralph and Avi Nakash, who have taken a faddish product and promoted it overnight into a multimillion-dollar business...
...Diaghilev had already begun to make enemies. Even as a schoolboy, notes Buckle, Sergei had offended his friends by his "society manners" and a desire to "make calls, leave cards and write his name in the books of distinguished people." Foes pressed for his dismissal from the staff of the Imperial Theaters. A more sensitive man might have looked closely at himself: Diaghilev looked West...