Word: nesses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...education as a process has become the conventionally worthy answer today whenever college presidents and other academic leaders are asked what an education should be. An educated man, says Harvard President Bok, taking a deep breath, must have a "curiosity in exploring the unfamiliar and unexpected, an open-minded-ness in entertaining opposing points of view, tolerance for the ambiguity that surrounds so many important issues, and a willingness to make the best decisions he can in the face of uncertainty and doubt...
...that savings banks don't compete with commercial banks can only be described as bizarre." Thus said Citicorp Chairman Walter Wriston two years ago at a convention of bankers in Boca Raton, Fla., when he lashed out at regulations that for bid a bank from doing commercial busi ness in another state. But despite those rules, New York's Citicorp has forged ahead in its ambitious plans to begin tap ping the $833 billion pool of consumer deposits held by American savings and loan institutions. Citicorp, the second largest U.S. bank holding company (assets...
Latin American fiction periodically ar rives like an out-of-touch cousin on a vacation trip. In the voice of translation, it speaks of strong family resemblances: realism, surrealism, stream of conscious ness, political protest and satire. The visitor is wined, dined, praised for its variety and daring. Then, with a hearty abrazo, Latin American fiction departs and North Americans go back to what they like to read best: costumed romance and novelized journalism...
...neatly arranged around the sides of the set; by shooting rooms up from the floor and down from the ceiling Lumet adds a closed-in effect that verges on the claustrophobic. This may be intentional--a kind of tribute to the play within a play within a play-ness of the plot. But this Deathtrap is also a play within a play within a movie, and staginess just doesn't look right...
...responsibility of the University to fund the Foundation seems a subject of some contention. John B. Fox, dean of students, says the Foundation should raise a large part of its funds by itself. "In a way," Fox says, "one test of the effective ness of the program is the willingness of people outside the University to fund it." But others seem to feel that the University's financial commitment to the Foundation should be stronger. Gomes, who now chairs the Foundation's Faculty Committee, says an "extraordinary effort is necessary" to raise outside funds, because the traditionally generous alumni sources...