Word: topical
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lubowitz's thesis stirred some controversy in the department, since some members "didn't respect the topic," he says. Nevertheless he went ahead researching original patterns and documents of Dior's reign as fashion king of Paris in the 50s. "I was really on my own," he says. "It was difficult because I was doing a lot of empirical work from the magazines. Dior elevated fashion to an integral part of popular culture and basically saved the French economy," he adds...
...ever done much work on the Turkey War of 1973-1979 before Michael T. Anderson '84 took up the topic. It was not a major international conflict--the war did not concern the nation Turkey, but the bird Americans eat for Thanksgiving. If they don't seem like much to fight about, then consider that the European Community started raising tariffs on turkey imports from the U.S. and made turkey farmers very upset. The ensuing trade war lasted for five years...
...case, the subject seems to be of primary interest to University administrators. From the Corporation on down, the plight of Harvard's junior faculty is a hot topic. Senior fellow Hugh Calkins '45 says the Corporation's Appointments Committee, which includes President Bok, wants to see a higher percentage of tenured positions filled from within...
...campus where political activity has tended to center around racial issues, it is not surprising that minority hiring was the topic that galvanized a small group of faculty and administrators to change University policy...
...energy, there remains one topic Verba did not confront special concentrations. According to Judith A. Kates, director of special programs, the number of special concentrators has not increased and there does not seem to be a change in the attitude of people who grant special concentrations. "It has always been felt that it is an important safety valve for rare students. But very few students fall into that category," she notes. However, some students have pushed for lightening the burden and allowing more Women's Studies concentrators. The drive has been going on for a long time...