Word: solidities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...minimum, Bennett says, a solid core curriculum must encompass "the basic body of knowledge which universities once took it upon themselves as their obligation to transmit, under the name of a liberal education...
...have very solid data that the quality ofcare is excellent and I don't pay too muchattention to rumors," he said. "If that hadn'tbeen the case, I would have left in the firstyear...
...convince the reader that the unreal is actually occurring. Critic Jacques Barzun once analyzed the technique of the effective horror novelist: "Since terror descriptions must perpetually make the reader accept yet question the strange amid the familiar, the writer pursues the muse of ambiguity. He begins by establishing a solid outer shell of comfort -- the clergyman's study, the lawyer's book-lined room, the well-placed camping tent, or the cozy room at the inn or club, with fortifying drinks at hand. But soon a vague unease, a chill in the air, or else a strong shock undermines...
...other raised grave doubts about how much it wanted either a summit or an agreement of any kind. The tone of the superpower exchanges began to change over the summer, as a variety of exchanges between the President and the Soviet leader encouraged arms experts in Geneva to make solid progress. But then the Zakharov-Daniloff matter exploded at the end of August, giving each side a perfect excuse to call off a summit if it wanted...
...only 18% said he should not.) Reagan badly wants to wind up his presidency in a blaze of glory as the leader who restored U.S. military and economic might to a point at which he could negotiate a favorable arms-control deal. But the clock is winding down: some solid progress must be registered in the next year or so, before the U.S. becomes preoccupied with the 1988 presidential campaign...