Word: person
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...choice but to emigrate. At the second-tier state university where I teach, the question generally asked about an assistant professor is: "Has he/she published enough to be a reasonable candidate for tenure?" At Harvard, and the handful of similar schools around the country, the question is: "Is this person the very finest we can get from the known universe?" The Harvard faculty is simply a tough crowd to please. So, I might add, is President...
...controversy surrounding Waldheim's past. But it has already sparked a debate over the propriety of TV's donning judicial robes in an attempt to resolve a matter of & international concern. TV has staged mock trials of historical figures, but never before has it focused on a living person -- one, moreover, who has not been charged with a crime...
...exam in use is a pared-down version of the California Achievement Tests. Children are asked to identify shapes, numbers and objects and solve rudimentary math problems ("Sam is the tenth person in line. How many people are in front of him?"). "It was easy," bragged Jesse Palmer, 6, after taking the exam last week at Tybee Elementary School, near Savannah. "I got every one right." Jo Buckley reported that her daughter Candace "thought of it as a game...
...their movies." The whole kingdom fell into such deep gloom that ruthless Corporate Raiders attacked the magic realm, aiming to sell off its treasures and keep Cinderella's Castle as their trophy. But a man named Roy, noble nephew of the late Uncle Walt, sought help from the one person in whom everyone could believe: Prince Michael the Creative. When Michael arrived, there was rejoicing along Mickey Avenue and Dopey Drive. The happy sounds even attracted a wealthy white knight named Sid the Bold. "Michael puts a smile on my face," proclaimed the once somber Sid. The kingdom's citizens...
Farmer, 49, an effervescent backslapper who never misses an opportunity to promote himself or his candidate, is the master of modern political fund raising: a person who can franchise a nationwide pyramid of captains and lieutenants to seek out $1,000 donations, the maximum permitted by law. So far he has raised nearly $17 million from 75,000 donors, plus $8.5 million in federal matching funds. With money pouring in at a rate of $60,000 a day, Farmer will soon hit the $27.7 million legal ceiling for primary spending. Besides buying Dukakis early credibility, it has given...