Word: objects
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although these changes are not revolutionary, some may object, saying that a university should go no farther, that it is up to society to change its attitudes before universities can change them for society. But on closer inspection, it is clear that the university is one of the places where social standards and codes of human behavior can be transformed--whether for good or bad--as witnessed in the anti-Vietnam protests of the 1960s...
...shook his gray head sadly. "Yeah, James, I tried. But I'm old enough to know that politics is the art of the possible. There are just too many pressure groups, too many cameras, too much openness, too much damn democracy to make this thing work." Madison started to object, but Sherman cut him off. "Cheer up, James," he said. "The Articles of Confederation ain't that...
...Peter's Square was sealed off. On a nearby avenue, while police watched intently, dozens of demonstrators cried "Shame!" and "Assassin!" Soon the object of their fury, Austrian President Kurt Waldheim, emerged from the Basilica wearing a red-and-white sash and a large smile. He had just spent 35 minutes in private with Pope John Paul...
...gorgeous red object against the silver gray of the Large Magellanic Cloud," said Robert Garrison of the University of Toronto. Ever since it burst into view in the southern hemisphere on Feb. 23, Supernova 1987A, the brightest exploding star in 383 years, has fascinated astronomers and astrophysicists. Its surprising behavior has prompted them to rethink how massive stars evolve and what forces rage within them. "This is how science is done," said an exultant Garrison. "There is discovery, then wild speculation, then a settling of accounts...
...uncle of his, a notable crook in the disintegrating local Democratic machine, once bilked him and Kenneth's mother out of huge proceeds from the sale of family property. Dr. Layamon tells Benn man to man: "Well, as you will have figured, with a brain like yours, the object is to recover money from Uncle Harold. That's the overall game plan." From the sidelines, Kenneth comments bitterly, "Basically, he didn't even want what they wanted -- the money. As many dollar bills as it would take to fill the Grand Canyon wouldn't have been enough for them. Plant...