Word: persona
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein, who headed Reagan's Council of Economic Advisors during his first term. But in his academic persona. Feldstein teaches Social Analysis 10, "Principles of Economics"--popularly known...
...newcomer felt time-warped, mired in a past age of LP records, the ERA and two-wheel drive. It wasn't the new lingo ("persona," "agenda," "biorhythms"), nor the acronyms ("EIS," "CAD" and "MSG"). It wasn't the commercial wackiness of products like "gourmet dog food." It wasn't even the daily drive-by shootings -- talk about an automotive civilization -- in Los Angeles' gangland. Mayhem is not confined...
...most graduate schools, a dean oversees the institution's academic and administrative life. At the B-School, however, the figure of a concerned leader deeply involved in the daily life of the school yielded to a persona better suited to the business world than academia: to both students and faculty, McArthur is not simply the school's dean--he is its chief executive officer...
...Gorbachev, who came to Beijing in his guise of Triumphant Conciliator, the demonstrations, which hailed his other persona of Democratic Liberator, were something of an embarrassment. The contrast with the treatment accorded Deng, once recognized as a great economic reformer and the author of China's recent prosperity, could not have been starker: huge effigies were paraded around with placards saying DOWN WITH DENG XIAOPING...
Britain also declared on Friday that three former Soviet Embassy workers, who already have completed their tours, were not welcome back, Lyne said. The Soviets responded by declaring three former British Embassy staff members "persona non grata," he said...