Word: topicalism
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...frequent topic of debate over the last several years has been whether to promote current city employees or to conduct nationwide searches when hiring candidates for top administrative positions...
...Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles] is selecting them, and he is using the same procedure he used for the faculty," Verba said. "He is looking for students interested in working on the topic...
...Verba said the students will not miss much if they do not yet start discussing the topic along with the rest of the committee...
Having embarrassed Time Warner into dropping its share of a rap label, Bill Bennett is now turning his formidable authority to daytime TV talk shows, urging them to clean up their programming or get off the air. "He certainly picked a juicy topic," says TIME's Richard Zoglin. "There is definitely a lot to get upset about. The fact is that these shows are very, very popular. What Bennett is essentially trying to do is get people to vote them off the air by turning off their television sets. And, to me, it seems that is a legitimate tactic." Bennett...
...These courses] may be focused on a specific topic or problem or theme, but are oriented exclusively for undergraduates and designed to enable undergraduates to grasp the essentials of the national literary tradition that they are studying," Epps said...