Word: use
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...primary form [of racism] at any institute of higher learning...is in unconscious behavior, actions and words that people use without meaning to [be racist]," Hernandez-Gravelle said...
...magazine. The program's name: Barn Again! The sponsors offer farmers advice on refurbishing barns, and have presented prizes of up to $1,000 for the best examples. "But they're not just stage sets," says Barn Again! project director Mary Humstone. "They have to have a living, practical use...
...bitter deadlock with Reagan, they tended to mute their criticism of a President so palpably eager to negotiate. Some, like Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski, were amused by the incongruities of the President's new compassionate language. "Bush sounded a lot like Michael Dukakis," she joked. "I hate to use that L word, but it sounded liberal, liberal, liberal...
...ability to store and transmit images that has made still-video technology attractive to professionals, from architects to fashion photographers. Real estate brokers, for example, use it to show pictures of houses to clients in distant cities. Among the biggest consumers have been news organizations, which use the cameras to cover everything from sports events to political conventions. When the Oscar for best picture is awarded in late March, USA Today plans to capture the moment with a professional Sony still-video system and transmit the pictures to printing plants in minutes. The shots will not be as sharp...
...students. Beginning next month, his Knoxville-based Whittle Communications firm will beam Channel One, a slick news program for teenagers, directly into schools for a seven-week test period. Whittle has provided each of the six pilot schools with $50,000 worth of television sets and satellite equipment to use as they wish. The only requirement: each day students will have to watch a twelve-minute Channel One broadcast -- including two minutes...