Word: topical
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this vein, Rosegrant formulated her senior thesis topic from her summer job in the Roosevelt Towers project. Entitled "Choosing Children," the 140-page study documents the life histories of five lower-class women living in Washington Towers, near Roosevelt Towers. The Lowell House Senior researched the thesis last fall after spending a summer counseling the women's daughters during the PBH-run summer program...
Although he generally refrains from speaking out on fiscal matters, Volcker has called for deep cuts in the federal budget deficit, which may provide the topic for his speech today. (For an in-depth profile of Volcker, see page...
...those objectives. Klitgaard utilizes the vast realm of literature on the various factors aiding prediction both of academic success in universities and of later-life success: grades, standardized tests, interviews, letters of recommendation, intelligence tests, and the like. He closes with a chapter on preferential admissions for minorities, the topic that inflamed the campus five years...
Chippies are not a topic of conversation that Charlie and Coors wish to pursue. Coors breaks a doughnut in two, and Charlie uses his fork to make a spillway for the gravy on the double order of mashed potatoes that accompanies his scrambled eggs...
...drugs was a main topic of discussion at a state dinner on Thursday night near Bonn. Later, President Reagan told staffers, "Never have I seen my summit partners as united on a single subject." On returning to Bonn, the First Lady was delighted to hear of her influence at the summit. When asked what she had got out of her conversation with the Pontiff, she replied, "Encouragement. From the Pope, you can't ask for more than that...