Word: questionable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Barr argued that it would be unproductive for protesters to work through existing structures. "The question is how to do something that is not subsumed by the University or the Undergraduate Council," he said. "Most of the things we could do would be a ripple...
...pose the question to a white European visiting New York City, and brace yourself for a surprise. He will inform you that black Harlem is one of the city's main attractions; that its 330 years echo with history, beauty and drama; that its imposing, if often scorched, architecture tells tales of the exuberant black metropolis that flourished in the 1920s; that in no other New York City district can you find the vitality and graciousness of Harlem on a , good day. Maybe, too, the foreigner wants to brag to friends back home that he saw Harlem and survived. Sure...
...Meanwhile, the drill-press operator discovers that the drill comes with a computer attached to it. Workers find that it takes all the energy they have just to remain qualified for their jobs, much less have time to acquire new skills that might allow for promotion. "There is no question that the half-life of most job skills is dropping all the time," says Edward Lawler, University of Southern California professor of management. "People are falling by the wayside, just as companies...
...question is whether Bok's call for public service verges beyond rhetoric--is this just another report along the lines of last year's one on ethics, which was followed by little practical result? In light of such high-flown rhetoric which was left hung out to dry, we are left skeptical about the degree to which a philosophical endorsement of public service can actually constitute a pedagogical...
These factors--along with the question of overwork--will be key priorities in the upcoming negotiations, Bozzotto says. "We find ourselves in a position of reminding the University that the students are the reason everyone is there...