Word: phrased
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Professor Patterson's appointment seriously calls into question the sincerity calls into question the sincerity of Bok's public statement that a "natural relationship would evolve between the department and the institute," whatever the sense we might ascribe to that vacuous phrase. Professor Patterson has said that the department is a "concentration camp." This is an outright slander which Professor Patterson has never seen fit to correct publicly. His appointment raises a speculative point of considerable interest: If the department is a concentration camp, how should the natural relationship between the department and the institute evolve...
...field of his or her specialty. This training ranges from the simple (a six-week clerical course, for example) to the complex (training in medical technology that takes almost a year). Whatever training Sgt. Bronwen had received had obviously been thorough and complete. She knew the key phrase for dealings with the press and she knew when to use it: "Miss Bennett, do you mind if I sit in on this interview...
...shorter quotes that is hard to forget comes from Henry Miller: "Remember to remember." A simple thought, yet it resonates in the mind and seems to telescope into one's life. Of course it's not a very catchy phrase, no doubt it's slipped somebody's mind one time or another. Probably "Forget to forget" would have better endured the trials of time and competitive advertising. But either way the message is the same and Guy Davenport's Tatlin!, a collection of six stories, succeeds in exploring its resonance...
...making job discrimination illegal came in 1941, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt '04 issued an executive order that required a clause in all government contracts prohibiting discrimination in hiring. Later presidents issued more executive orders on the same subject; one authorized by President John F. Kennedy '40 coined the phrase "affirmative action," meaning that government contractors were not only prohibited from discriminating, but had to try to search out potential minority employees...
...Best new phrase for all occasions: "Expletive deleted...