Word: staidness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...house, say they have not encountered overt antagonism so much as occasional turns of a subtle cold shoulder. In their case it has been directed at their North Californian "alternative life-style" preferences such as Zen meditation and organic gardening. "Oh, you guys are so granola!" one staid neighbor told them early on. As a result, they have become gun-shy about admitting their California origins and tend to socialize mostly with other Californians. "The irony is that now I've become antigrowth myself!" Margot Grim says, laughing. "Here I am, a Californian, wishing that other Californians would stay away...
Despite such fishing expeditions, the Times is a colorful alternative to the sometimes staid Post. Hard-driving local news coverage, an award-winning sports section and provocative cultural writing make the paper a fun read. Amid reams of conservative commentary, it delivers scoops on such diverse matters as sewage-plant woes and Redskin-ticket scams. The paper covers the city's black community in greater depth than the Post. Still, while Ronald Reagan doted on the Times's conservatism, George Bush merely includes it among the six papers he reads each morning. And nothing yet convinces Post managing editor Leonard...
Politics and ideology forced the normally staid law faculty into warring factions. And Vorenberg, unable to resolve the political infighting, asked President Derek C. Bok to intervene--prompting charges that the law faculty had lost its autonomy by calling in the president. In the end, none of the CLS scholars received tenure, as Bok reversed the faculty vote granting Dalton tenure and later confirmed the faculty's vote to deny a post to Trubek...
...regarded in China as the foremost tool for rooting out corruption. Thus far, the government has confined journalists to relatively small cases, protecting upper-level party members. The value placed on a free press was underscored by one of the most astonishing aspects of the demonstrations. The ordinarily staid party organ, People's Daily, broke with long-standing practice and reported fully on the protests before Li announced a crackdown. Central China Television did so as well, with one of its news anchors -- incredibly -- broadcasting news of the student leaders' demand that Deng step down...
...more than a chance to admire the ornate ceiling and marble columns. They came to cash in on one of this year's hottest financial plays: U.S. Treasury securities. Enticed by a surge in interest rates and put off by the stock market, individuals have turned the once staid investment into a popular favorite. Small investors bought three-month and six-month T- bills at the record pace of $2.5 billion a week during the first quarter of 1989, compared with $2 billion a year ago. Says a Chicago Federal Reserve officer: "On auction days, you'd think this...