Word: suppers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...their students. If they hire a graduate student grader or two, these students can earn surprisingly good money and finance their educations. Were a professor to grade these exams, however, he would not only have to invest his time, but he would deprive his graduate students of their supper. Correcting such perverse educational incentives will not come easy, but respect for undergraduates and their educations demands a concerted effort...
...Peter Prichard, a USA Today editor, is that rare thing: a candid corporate history. Authorized by Neuharth, the book chronicles the bruised egos and near breakdowns that marked the paper's early years. In 1984 Neuharth shocked his top executives with a banquet made to resemble the Last Supper. Wearing a crown of thorns, Neuharth called himself the "crucified one" and warned that they would be "passed over" if costs were not cut. After Publisher Cathleen Black wrote a memo complaining that she was "publisher in title only," Neuharth scribbled obscenities on it and wrote, "Titles are what we want...
...organized an indoor speech, with finger sandwiches and factory air. Salt circles appeared on everyone's clothing. Leaving that building with its high brick walls and Boston ferns, shrimp on ice and tall, cool drinks was like being told you had won the lottery at lunch and then at supper being called an April Fool. When told to reboard, we fools fell in line like a chain gang...
...spelled out in the treaty; the U.S. resisted, contending that it had no right to negotiate about German weapons. Also, the Soviets insistently asked what the U.S. would do with the warheads. A way out of the impasse appeared Tuesday night as the two delegations were enjoying a picnic supper (hamburgers, fried chicken, baked beans) on a 65-ft. barge cruising down the Potomac. National Security Adviser Frank Carlucci drew Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Bessmertnykh aside. Said Carlucci: "Best I can understand it, we do the same thing with warheads you do." Replied Bessmertnykh: "Yes, that's right...
...wife and two small daughters have visitors: Hugh's younger sister Dorsey, an astrophysicist, arrives with her young son Noah, who is deaf, and her husband Simon, an actor. The day is hot. Hugh and Dorsey buy fireworks from a woman who remembers them both as children. Supper is served. The pyrotechnics go off without a hitch. Dorsey explains why Noah likes the cherry bombs: "He can feel their shock waves with his skin. It's as close as he ever gets to hearing." Late that night brother and sister have a desultory chat in Hugh's darkened house. Outside...