Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...products of post-war university expansion in the U.K., but the difference is no greater than that between Harvard and a Mid-West American college. Indeed, the "superior" atmosphere common to both "Oxbridge" and Ivy League (which many affect to despise, but secretly covet) may make things seem even cosier. There are the same manicured lawns, lay-out of staircase and quadrangle, dining clubs and societies, even the same assiduous cultivation of alumni and roll-calls of the "great and just" shuttling through to impart their wisdom to the student body...
This recognition of weakness in the structure sparked off the "Great Debate" over education, instigated by Labour Prime Minister James Callaghan two years ago. Central to many widespread demands are calls for greater emphasis on applied science and the production of engineers, technologists, etc., from the universities--which may seem innovative. But in other demands for "commoncore" curricula in both secondary and higher education--minimum standards of literacy and numeracy as opposed to flexible choice--the English tendency to conservatism in education is manifest. Many academics still complain that too few students are brought up on the classics...
...After all, this is in many ways the greatgranddaddy of American musicals and it's been performed more times by more varied casts--from summer camps to Broadway revivals--than any other play in the last 30 years. In the case of Leverett House's current production, it would seem that it was chutzpah that provided the moving spirit...
...first serious movie, what he calls "a drama in the traditional sense," Allen gambled his presumed hammerlock on American humor for a shot at fame as a "serious artist." If Interiors flops, all Allen will have left is the old image of an undignified loser--only it won't seem quite so funny any more...
Nervousness about the weak dollar and inflation conspired to bring a startling break in stock prices. The Dow Jones industrial average last week tumbled more than 59 points, to 838, its worst one-week loss in history. Indeed, currency and stock markets seem to be getting locked into a vicious circle. When a plunge in the dollar causes stock prices to drop, foreign moneymen read the stock slide as an indication that Americans are losing faith in their own economy, and they unload still more dollars...