Word: spiritedness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Streep is the one reason to catch (maybe next year on video) this choppy adaptation of Fay Weldon's exemplarily mean-spirited novel. The story could serve as a parable of feminist revenge. Mary steals accountant Bob Patchett (Ed Begley Jr.) away from his fat, drab, warty wife Ruth (Roseanne...
"Under present conditions we are virtually at the mercy of the Japanese," editorialized the Los Angeles Times. The Sacramento Bee, equally indignant, warned of a planned Japanese "invasion of industrial fields." And in a spirited appearance before a congressional committee, the Bee's publisher argued for "protective measures." The Japanese...
"This is a victory not only for human rights but also for spirited debate and internal democracy in the legislature."
"This is a victory not only for human rights but also for spirited debate and internal democracy in the legislature," said Sen. Michael J. Barrett '70 (D--Cambridge), who co--sponsored this year's bill with Rep. Mark Roosevelt (D--Boston).
Such stridence--not to mention the spirited criticism that shaped discussion of the issue all last year--is undoubtedly a good thing. As long as minority and women faculty hiring is alive as a political issue, department chairs and faculty committees will have to consider the race and gender implications...