Word: posting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...combat it. He claims that the U.S. government and academics, liberals and conservatives have approached the poverty backwards, once they discovered that the problem existed. Uninterested in poverty relief until 1950, the U.S.'s sudden fascination with the problem at that point stemmed from a smug feeling of post-war cultural and economic supremacy combined with the belief that poverty opened doors for communist take-over...
...Flyers, however, should have no trouble disposing the Canucks in two straght. Vancouver is quite possibly the worst team in the history of professional sports to make post-season playdowns (17 games under .500). Canuck coach Harry Neale's quote of the year is "I just don't know what's wrong with my team." Think, Harry, think...
...graduate of Smith College and a Pulitzer winner herself (in 1978 for commentary), Seattle-born Greenfield was hired by Geyelin himself in 1968 after eleven years with Reporter magazine, and became his deputy in 1970. She plans to continue her fortnightly Newsweek column while presiding over the Post's eight editorial writers. No drastic shifts of policy are expected under Greenfield, who describes herself as a "moderate centrist liberal," similar to her predecessor in ideology. "She's rather conservative on fiscal issues but not on human rights," says Post Reporter Myra MacPherson, a good friend. Enthuses George Will...
...minutes after midnight on April 14, some 2,500 thick letters and 9,000 thin ones will leave the Providence post office. The thick letters offer admission to Brown, a highly selective Ivy League university. The thin letters say no or relegate applicants to the limbo of the waiting list. Those who go through thick and thin are participating in a process that mixes careful weighing, educated guesswork and plain horse trading. TIME's Evan Thomas sat in on the admissions committee. His report...
...early going, however, a combination of bad breaks (Harvard rapped at least three shots off the post), bad calls, and Leitner kept the frostbitten fans wondering if the Crimson offense could even outscore the Toronto Blue Jays...