Word: role
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...year-old Ryder, a Boston University graduate, has been president of Northeastern for the last 14 years. His association with the university began in 1949 when he joined the faculty as an instructor of history and government. Other positions he held before assuming the role of president include dean of administration, vice president for university administration and executive vice president...
...long time, and that however much a buffoon he is, as long as he has charisma, the people will suffer him gladly. When the dictator of Parador dies, his right-hand man (Julia) forces Jack Noah (Dreyfuss), an American movie actor shooting on location in Parador, to assume the role of the dictator to prevent the citizens from finding...
...practice, that meant the Kennedy School soon acquired a reputation for turning out a new breed of technobureaucrats with advanced degrees and progressive, but pragmatic, ideas about the role of government. The federal government, that...
...course of the new "internationalization" drive, the Kennedy school has been shying away from the active national political role it has cultivated over the past 25 years--and in the process, publicly severing the ties which bind it to Democractic candidate Dukakis...
...There's a real debate in the public health community about the effectiveness of mass media campaigns," DeJong said. He said critics of such campaigns often look for immediate behavioral changes rather than focusing on future benefits. "Obviously, the mass media had a major role to play in shifting social norms from smoking to non-smoking. You really need to take a long-term view," DeJong said...