Word: quit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Unfortunately, Scott was dispatched to that great city room in the sky when the actor playing him quit the role and the Rev. Pat Robertson, 51, the founder and spiritual leader of CBN, decided that Another Life needed an even more exalted spiritual emphasis. "There is a yearning inside of people for the ultimate meaning in life," Robertson says. "We hope to come up with programs that provide answers to that yearning. The problem is not just sex and violence on the major networks, it's the banality...
...York University President John Brademas, a former Indiana Democratic Congressman, deplored the decreases in federal loans to college students, noting that half the nation's 1.2 million graduate students might be forced to quit. That, he said, would "undermine the national effort to build our defense capabilities and improve our economic productivity...
...from de-Reaganizing the Administration, Bush is having some trouble holding his own operation together. Recently, two key staff members quit because of dissension in the group. Richard Bond was Bush's deputy chief of staff until he took a job as deputy director of the Republican National Committee, a position that will give him direct control over campaign strategy through the 1982 elections. Right-wingers view Bond's move as just the latest and most outrageous indication that Bush is quietly taking over. But Bond was so frustrated as Bush's deputy that...
...correct the imbalance, the Review first voted to adopt a rigid quota system. Three editors quit, and dissension among the rest was so great that two weeks later, by a 44-36 vote, the journal decided merely to allow race and sex to be considered in choosing up to eight of the 48 editors. That too drew heavy fire, and the Review put the matter on hold for nearly a year. Last month the editors narrowly approved the mildest plan yet. Starting this spring, minority applicants may submit statements describing "economic, societal, or educational obstacles that have been overcome...
Destpite the tremendous risk involved none of the Crimson cotspulters would ever consider quitting. Berle described it best: "You defy your instinct and gravity but one you go over that first time you just can't quit. It's addictive...