Word: roles
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...home, the boys are preparing an elaborate dinner, all the while chopping, mincing and braising the opposite sex as they recount their lubricious adventures. Down at the gym, the girls are working themselves into a lather on the same subject. Writer-Director Denys Arcand has worked out an amusing role reversal to enliven his intensely talkative movie about middle-aged French Canadian academics. And his actors are willing to bare their less than perfect bodies along with their less than perfect souls, thus lending credibility to their reports from the front lines of the war between the sexes...
...president of the Washington-based liberal lobby People for the American Way: "He used to be more a seeker of headlines than educational excellence. Now he is increasingly more responsible." Bennett may be ineffectual in getting legislation passed; indeed, both Congress and academe fault him for abandoning the traditional role of ombudsman on Capitol Hill for educational programs and funding. However most observers agree that he has been a resounding success at stirring up national discussion on basic educational issues...
...doing, the contentious Secretary has not only defined his own conception of his role but changed the nature of the job he occupies. "No longer will people be satisfied with a spokesman for the education lobby as Secretary," says Terry Hartle, an education expert at the American Enterprise Institute. "They will look for someone who can candidly open up the issues for debate." The Secretary agrees. He relishes the "bully pulpit" he has made of his office. "No one," he adds proudly, "has advanced more ideas, more state of the art, more assessment of public education per dollar...
...food and desires to impress members of the opposite sex were cited by some as among factors that motivated students to take to the streets. No doubt, on the margin, both factors could have played a role. But they cannot constitute even partially sufficient--not to mention necessary--explanation. Without much better information than those quoted in the piece, I venture two reasons to reject this explanation...
Kaku's post-college role of political activisthas often led him to take an anti-governmentstance, as he did at the "Peace, Jobs and Justice"rally held on Boston Common in November. "ThePentagon does not want to destroy Russia; it wantsto run Russia," the scientist told crowd of 2000."It wants to shut Russia up so we can invadeNicaragua," he said...