Word: topical
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Introducing the topic, President Bok said Harvard's participation in the process--labelled "technology transfer"--could be "a possible way of increasing funds available to the University--provided we can do so in a manner consistent with our academic purposes and goals...
...candidate in condensed form. There is a tidiness about Meese's mind that is appreciated by Reagan, who cringes at disorder and tension on his staff. In the past, Meese has clarified matters when Reagan misspoke, but never in a manner implying that he knew more about the topic than his boss. Indeed, he probably did not. Meese is a synthesizer and organizer who has no intellectual pretensions...
Younger women executives in the U.S. reacted, for the most part, angrily to the Cunningham resignation. Many said that Agee was at least equally responsible because he naively made executive romance a topic for public speculation. Others bitterly complained that the Bendix matter will make brains plus beauty a terrible handicap for a woman in business. Asked one New York adwoman: "Do you have to look like Gertrude Stein to get ahead...
...order to see full discussions of single issues rather than initial questions followed by innuendos, each debate should focus on a single topic. A series of consecutive debates on inflation, SALT II, unemployment, and increasing productivity would allow adequate preparation and presentation. The topics could be flexible with changing circumstances...
...design of a company tie can be a topic important enough to require top-management decision. At Cleveland Trust Co., key executives spent months debating the company tie's pattern and testing various samples on associates. They finally settled on a stylized CT motif...