Word: parent
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...narrative deftly moves through the straits of midlife: the death of a parent and the consequent yearning to define and understand the past; the urge to turn over a ream of new leaves and the inability to change a single bad habit; the fear of mortality and the resulting impulse toward adolescent excess. Merely as a balancing act, the medley of tones would be impressive...
...reduces the administrative toll because it has one uniform policy instead of Simpson's two-tiered proposal. Furthermore, it eliminates the "residing continuously" qualification, allowing for up to 45 day absences annually and a waiver for absences due to "undue hardship of the alien, his spouse, parent, or child...
...fact, Dyson believes that nuclear weapons are no longer useful militarily, but have merely turned into political tools. The task before use, then, is to make this more ap- parent: "We will have a far better chance of achieving nuclear disarmament if the weapons to be discarded are generally perceived to be not only immoral and dangerous but obsolescent...
...Bill's materials are based on the common finding that most would-be abusers back off quickly if a child issues a firm no. One parent told Martin that her five-year-old, a fan of Hands-Off Bill, said no to a baby-sitter who was trying to molest her. The child, added the mother, then showed the workbook to the babysitter, who read it and went for therapy...
...were those 97 parents given the red carpet treatment by President Bok and University hall brass two weekends ago? Organizers said they were just showing Harvard off to people without any previous use to the school. But the real reason, according to sources, is to tap a new and potentially lucrative non-alumni source of fundraising--the nouveau riche parent...