Word: rationale
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The Manhattan-based Meier, 50, is an unrepentant modernist, an outstanding exponent of rational, functional architecture in the tradition of Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier. "I am often labeled a disciple of Le Corbusier," Meier says. "Sure, I think he was the greatest architect of the century. But...
In the first of Singer's stories, a fictional character named Dr. Gottlieb was the main character in "The Missing Line," and reasoned that there must be a rational explanation for even the most mysterious events.
There are rational defenses for the President, arguments put forth in conservative journals and by Republican columnists. But these arguments, which are for the most part well-known do not find a voice on campus; not from The Salient, the conservative newspaper, not from Reagan's student supporters, and not...
"It's hard to see a rational therapy based on oncagene research right now," says Tony Hunter of the Salk Cancer Research Institute in California. "If you're interested in curing cancer, working with oncagenes is a long road and many years away," he adds.
If the department has a rational explanation, presumably it won't get in trouble. But, Harvard has learned, it may have to stop presuming.