Word: reflective
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nation's many districts which are predominantly minority. In fact, the Hunt Commission, which included several prominent Black leaders, was the first of its kind to ensure adequate minority representation at the national convention. It enacted a new provision requiring the body, previously dominated by white males, to reflect proportionally the percentage of minorities in the nation's population...
...offer variable rates of interest on savings bonds. When bond sales slumped in the early 1980s, they carried fixed interest rates as low as 7% at a time when inflation was nearly twice that level. Now the interest on the bonds is adjusted every six months to reflect market rates. The new bonds, which pay 85% of the average return on five-year Treasury securities, currently offer interest of 9.38%. Says Treasury Secretary Donald Regan: "The product is well designed and competitive...
...most recognized Black leader since the Civil Rights Movement, without running or holding any political office. When his Operation PUSH was under investigation for questionable financial shuffling, where was Jackson? Lending his support to Black mayoral candidates Harold Washington. Mel King and Wilson Goode, so that their successes would reflect upon him. Jackson has mastered the politician's genius for being in the right place at the right time...
Director of Admissions William R. Fitzsimmons '67 said last week that the figures reflect an increase in Harvard's appeal noting that the number of applicants for April admission is also currently running much higher than normal...
Pitch Dark by Renata Adler. A sophisticated narrator, nearly indistinguishable from the author, uses anecdote and bits of intriguing conversation to reflect on her mobile and solitary life...