Word: standardization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lieutenant colonel wearing a medal-bedecked uniform while invoking the Fifth Amendment, furtive Moscow nights of sex for secrets. Says former California Congressman Pete McCloskey, a twice-wounded Marine veteran of Korea: "When I saw 200-plus Marines in Beirut bunched up in violation of every standard precept, I winced a lot. When I saw Ollie North, I winced a lot. And Moscow. It just killed...
...possibilities have hardly been tapped. However, because of the subject's youth its scholars are often defensive, since they must not only conduct research, but also prove the validity of their discipline. They argue that male attitudes towards women have, until recently, prevented uniquely female perspectives from joining standard scholarship; as a result, they often have a political perspective alien to the Harvey Mansfields of this world. However, this in itself does not equate Women's Studies with "the study of left-handed people," as Mansfield would have...
...That is Chinese for "Have you eaten yet?" and it is a standard greeting in a country where food is considered a subject worthy of the attention of poets and philosophers. For Americans traveling in China, the counterpart seems to be "How is the food?" It is virtually the first question tourists ask when they meet and one that evokes responses ranging from "wonderful" to "terrible." Based on meals and street snacks sampled on a gastronomic long march through China, this visitor can report that all the answers are true. There is indeed wonderful food, as well as some that...
...impressive debut, even by the standards of Big Blue. Some 2,000 computer dealers from across the country gathered in Miami Beach last week for a Beach Boys concert, the premiere of new print and TV commercials reuniting members of the M*A*S*H cast and, most important, an elaborate presentation beamed live to 20,000 customers, analysts, employees and reporters nationwide. Before the spectacle ended, the world's biggest computer company had set a new standard against which personal computers will be measured for years to come...
...years since a Greek Orthodox priest first raised the banner of revolution against Ottoman rule, affairs of church and state in Greece have been closely intertwined. Last week in Athens the church, under the leadership of Archbishop Seraphim, again raised its standard, this time against the Socialist government of Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou. Black-robed priests joined more than 50,000 supporters outside Parliament, waving crucifixes and chanting, "Hands off the church...