Word: shiftings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crimson to be successful, another scorer must be found to shift some of the emphasis from Martin (whose output suffered when double-teamed), and the team must learn to play its kind of game against any opponent. The losses to graduation will be heavy (Field, Velie, Sailer, goalie Betty Ippolito and forward and inspirational leader Elaine Kellogg), but the nucleus of young talent is there, 1980 was supposed to be the year for the Harvard field hockey team, but now success may have to wait until this current crop matures and is joined by another bunch of new faces...
Without the power to discipline and reward, the always fractious F.D.R. coalition has pretty much fractured. Even many blacks deserted the party they used to support almost by instinct. A profound psychological shift occurred in American voters: they lost much of their desire or need to be part of a political majority, but instead formed themselves into single-issue constituencies, an oddly specialized and peculiarly destructive version of politics. In the era of single-issue politics, it is not a broad political agenda, a party's view of the nation, that is important, but gun control or abortion...
...Faces. Besides the new women, the election brought in a crop of conservative young Republicans who will try to solidify the political shift evidenced so strongly by Reagan's victory. John LeBoutillier, 27, a wealthy Harvard Business School graduate, was considered nothing but an upstart until he defeated eight-term Democrat Lester Wolff, 61, of Long Island. LeBoutillier is the author of two books: Primary, a scenario of a Saudi prince who parlays his oil wealth into political power, and Harvard Hates America, a collection of essays that take a jaundiced view of the university and liberalism...
CHARLIE CROCKETT works the graveyard shift as a security guard at the chemistry labs. He is also president of the University's largest and oldest union, the Harvard University Employees Representative Association (HUERA), which includes about 500 custodians and 50 security guards...
...drain resources to our support services." If Harvard is "primarily an educational institution," a significant part of its educational purpose is the liberal arts. Despite difficult economic times, the University might consider acting more liberally and humanely when dealing with its workers. Charlie Crockett would still work the graveyard shift, but he would have fewer headaches...