Word: outlook
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...board was somewhat skeptical about the current U.S. economic outlook...
...steps of Memorial Church to protest the massing of troops near Poland), the military (he loves it, though he hates war, favors nuclear disarmament, and thinks part of the defense budget "should be allocated to building tables around which we can talk reasonably with the Russians") or general outlook ("I'm very Machiavellian and ruthless, and I can be ugly--but I don't want to hurt anybody"). Hamlin is the quintessential American dreamer who woke up in the middle of the night to find himself realizing his fantasy. And the challenges of Harvard are a far cry from...
...addition, the current outlook for achieving both success and social change may not be as bleak--especially for Harvard graduates--as it is generally painted. Bok said, comparing the status of minorities, the condition of the poor, and the prospects of escaping nuclear war today favorably with conditions when he graduated...
Margaret Means McIntosh, who serves as program director of the Wellesley College Center for Research on Women, observes a "general edginess" among her classmates that has resulted from their exposure to feminism and their attempts to find fulfillment in a society that drastically changed its outlook toward women in the Sixties and Seventies. Women graduating from college 25 years ago were trapped, McIntosh says, because they were taught that the "public sphere" of professions, public service, and academics was a male realm, and thus Inappropriate for a young woman. This sphere, however, was considered inherently more important than the "private...
...members of the TIME Board of Economists, which met last week in Manhattan, gave a much more upbeat view of the health of American business activity than they had presented at their last meeting in early February. Their outlook for the rest of 1981 is now generally favorable. The word recession is nowhere in their prognosis, although terms like pause and soggy remain...