Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Radcliffe of today, a Radcliffe that is not concerned with undergraduates, the selection of Wilson as president makes perfect sense. The pride of Radcliffe is its research programs and facilities like the Bunting Institute, Murray Research Center and Schlesinger Library...
Reagan's impatience with pacts and parleys was rooted in his distaste for the balance of terror that arms control helps preserve and fine-tune. Whether he was fantasizing about a perfect space-based defense or the abolition of ballistic missiles, he was implicitly repudiating the system of deterrence that had kept the nuclear peace for 40 years. No wonder Mikhail Gorbachev looked so good. He took gimmicky American proposals, put his own spin on them, made them the basis of progress -- and then bowed to the ensuing applause. Reagan had his own curtain calls too. It was part...
...lacrosse field did not tell the story of the Spring of '89. Next door, the women's lacrosse team rolled through a perfect regular season, capturing the Ivy title and wreaking revenge on Temple--the team that had ended the Crimson's NCAA hopes the season before...
...about to recommend that the Core be abandoned," says Professor of Government Jorge I. Dominguez, who heads the Foreign Cultures subcommittee. "It is not because we forgot to consider the question, but that we decided that [although] it is not a perfect system, [it is] better than the alternatives...
...manufacturers the hormone represents the dawn of a dazzling new era in agriculture. To its critics, however, it poses a dangerous threat to the prosperity of dairy farmers and the wholesome image of "nature's perfect food." The product is bovine somatotropin, a natural protein found in cattle that has been artificially mass-produced in the labs of several pharmaceutical firms. When injected into dairy cows, BST can increase their milk production up to 25%. But would the use of BST create a milk glut that could drive down dairy prices? And would consumers view milk from BST-treated cows...