Word: orientedness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Whatever the result of that thrashing, however, the two sides realize that there are definite limits on how far they can compromise. Even if it wanted to, the University probably could not return to an "old-fashioned" police force; the demands of such a large and diverse campus, located close...
But unlike most Harvard traditions, the University police department's paternal image is undergoing an acute change. Once a refuge for portly janitors from the Buildings and Grounds Department, the Harvard force is in the midst of a transition that administrators predict will make it a more professional, scientifically-oriented...
The military becomes more of a metaphor for Scorton's life than running was for the delinquent in Sillitoe's earlier book, sometimes to the detriment of Widower's Son. Sillitoe tries to convey the idea of a gunnery officer's precision-oriented life with the most heavy-handed, redundant...
After World War II the present arms market emerged. Light, high-technology industry replaced the heavy steel-oriented production of earlier years, and manufacturers concentrated on aircraft, computers and sophisticated defense systems. Because of its scale as well as its efficiency, this sophistication raised the stakes of the arms game...
The prime intent of Arms Bazaar is to document the tangled path of the companies and entrepreneurs who have developed the arms trade. Sampson, author of books on ITT and the oil companies, has had considerable experience in writing exposes. The Sears and Roebuck-like brochures produced by the British...