Word: proceed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...women's films (including another Close encounter, Jagged Edge) proceed from the same feminist impulse. Each heroine follows her passions and intelligence into an area where, tradition states, she is not supposed to go. Each dares to be a woman, even if it means not being thought a lady. But within these contours one can spot distinctive felicities and failures. Three of the films sink under the weight of earnestness (Marie), whimsy (Maxie) or scuzz quotient (Jagged Edge). In the others, two fine actresses can be seen at their resourceful best, fleshing out a character (Sweet Dreams) or camouflaging...
...absence of information from the appropriate services." It was a strange plea. Mitterrand was, in effect, asking his own government to supply information the press had already published. He ended the letter with a demand for action. "This situation cannot continue," wrote Mitterrand. "The moment has come to proceed without delay to changes of personnel and, if necessary, of structures responsible for these shortcomings...
...narrow it might be, we wonder what concerns might have prompted Spence and others to explore the honor code issue. The first step should be for the dean to make public the lengthy report and survey results now sitting in his desk drawer. That would allow informed discussion to proceed, a process we expect would include at the least open hearings and a campus-wide referendum...
...principle, democratic governments are more appropriate agencies to judge the wisdom of international sanctions than a host of private institutions acting individually. Pragmatically, only Washington has the power to impose effective sanctions on another nation (and even that is very difficult). Accordingly, those who believe in sanctions can best proceed by addressing their arguments to Congress and the Executive Branch...
...life to research and then present the results to the students who can then "accept or reject it," she explains. The second method, the winner of one of last year's Levenson Awards for outstanding teaching explains, is to diagnose the extent of the student's knowledge and "then proceed to challenge the student...