Word: pattern
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Perhaps some students were "boycotting" the lectures, that seems to be the most au courant excuse and the unfortunate "pattern" mentioned in the letters. Or, may be they "didn't see the advertisement" (that is typically carried in. The Crimson for several days, on posters all over campus, and in the Gazette and the Independent) It is naive to think that such commonly used excuses are credible in this very observant intellectual community. It is instructive to note that the last boycott held by a group of Harvard Black students (i.e., before Afro. Am Studies, the Foundation...
...Israel-South Africa conference shows all the signs of continuing this pattern. Looking at various nations 'links to South Africa is, of course, an eminently worthwhile activity for the U.N. to pursue: South African delegates were booted from the General Assembly in 1981 for "not representing a majority of South Africans," and the apartheid regime has been the target of richly deserved economic and political sanctions since the early 1960s. But most nations have proved unwilling to pay more than lip service to sanctions, and more than $20 billion worth of goods quietly cross South Africa's borders every year...
...second EPA report summarized a probe of the work of a private testing firm responsible for evaluating the health and safety hazards of some 212 chemicals, primarily pesticides and herbicides, during the '70s. The study concluded that there had been a pattern of sloppy and fraudulent testing procedures by the firm, Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories, of Northbrook...
...handful of programs were available, and game playing was the principal pursuit of the home-computer owner. Today software programs number in the thousands, and game playing is still the main use of home computers. Nonetheless, two recent surveys by the Gallup and Roper organizations show that this pattern is starting to change...
...woman's readout is similar to the man's though several of the functions being monitored are different. Whenever she turns over or even moves more than slightly, the readout goes haywire as the connecting wires vibrate. The pens shoot back and forth so quickly that the resulting pattern is almost solid black. This patient can be left alone, for her diagnosis will be determined during the day by reviewing the information on the printout. The lab team will devote most of their attention...