Word: opinionating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kenneth Shepsle, whose area of expertise is American politics, and James Ault, who is highly regarded for his research on voting and public opinion, have both accepted lifetime posts and will begin teaching at Harvard next year, Putnam said...
...bright side of the story only goes so far. For all the new attempts to solicit student opinion, this year has seen no slackening in an old and very different trend. The University continues a tradition of secrecy in student disciplinary matters. It proved itself to be adroit at manhandling student sentiment through the ill-conceived South Africa internship program...
Melendez, in trademark style, wrote his mother a 15-page letter refuting every objection she made to his summer roommates. He says, "My attitude toward that kind of living arrangement is there's nothing wrong with that whatsoever. My parents are of the opinion that it carries some kind of stigma of immorality, but the basis of that is their upbringing, not any kind of moral standard...
...film producer in Los Angeles: "It is an appointment with myself. The rest of the year is spent on appointments with everyone else." Another change: men now account for a quarter of all guests, and they fit right in, bringing a loftier tone in the opinion of some. Maia O'Farrill, a fitness instructor at a California spa, especially likes men's weeks "because they don't bitch and moan the way women do. Couples' week is fun too," she adds, "because the couples are very playful, teasing and pinching each other's love handles." Though they share a basic...
...stronger the craving for cocaine, the less a crack user cares for food. "You don't eat when you're smoking," says one California addict. Rats supplied with unlimited cocaine will use the drug until they die, ignoring food and water. Such intensely addictive behavior has helped change scientific opinion about cocaine's grip. Says Dr. Jeffrey Rosecan of New York City's Columbia-Presbyter ian Medical Center: "If anyone had doubts as to whether cocaine is physically addicting, all he has to do is look at a couple of crack users...