Word: regarded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...major solely in women's studies. Shapiro notes. "We tend to stress dual majors, because it seems to make a lot of sense." Shapiro says that contrary to images other may have of women's studies students as politically motivated or concerned only with abstractions, these students often regard women studies as pre-professional. In particular, she said many students who double major in women's studies are planing careers in gynecology or divorce...
...main subject: coordination of efforts between Israelis and Phalangists, in the event of an invasion that would bring Israeli forces as far north as the edge of Beirut International Airport. Such a penetration could also bring the Israelis into direct contact with the forces of Syria, whom many Israelis regard as the ultimate enemy of the Jewish state. What the two men decided at this meeting is not known...
Many young risk takers regard their accumulated wealth as a yardstick of success rather than as an end in itself. K.P. (Phil) Hwang, 45, emigrated from Korea in the early '60s and worked as a busboy and waiter while attending Utah State University. In 1975 he used $9,000 in family savings to found Tele Video Systems, a company that makes computer screens and keyboards. Although Hwang is now a multimillionaire, he says that his wife still fusses over utility bills and turns down the thermostat at home...
...today existence or to hustle odd jobs for unreported cash as part of the so-called underground economy. Although most discouraged workers claim they are willing to take any job, even the lowest paid and most menial, some are holdouts who would rather stay unemployed than accept something they regard as beneath their skills and dignity...
...Lorean is seeking an infusion of $70 million in government export loans, but negotiations between the firm and the tightfisted Conservative administration of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher have erupted into a public game of chicken. Said a Thatcher spokesman last week: "This government does not regard De Lorean as a bottomless pit. You can't keep throwing good money after bad." De Lorean quickly reminded officials that his firm provides 2,600 jobs in a violence-prone and depressed section of Northern Ireland, where few corporations have ventured...