Word: verbal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...another government professor for sexually harassing a junior faculty member in his department--prompted the University to refine its definition of sexual harassment and to revise and publicize its procedures for handling such misconduct. The University presently defines sexual harassment as "unwanted sexual behavior such as physical contact or verbal comments or suggestions, which adversely affects the working or learning environment of an individual...
...that Mario Cuomo pierced the larger American consciousness. Already this year he has been asked to speak in nearly every state; colleges beckon him with offers of commencement addresses. Democratic fund raisers say that his name is a magnet for money. Wherever he speaks, he dazzles audiences with his verbal virtuosity and moves them with the evocation of his oft-repeated theme of family: "The sharing of benefits and burdens for the good of all." "He's the most exciting, vibrant politician in America today," says Senator Joseph Biden of Delaware, a man who is often mentioned as a Democratic...
...rejected by every firm. He was stung. He saw their response as a clear example of prejudice against Italian Americans, and it confirmed his sense of himself as an outsider. He took a job instead with a firm in Brooklyn and gravitated toward trial work. He loved the verbal jousting, the sweet certainty that preparation paid...
...study included a control group of patients who received placebos instead of imipramine, along with verbal support and encouragement by psychiatrists. % In this group, 29% of patients lost their serious symptoms, although they had no treatment. Many depressions wax and wane or clear up on their own, and the sheer act of deciding to enter a therapy program may sometimes be more beneficial than the therapy itself. The way to catch any such brief psychological boost is in follow-up studies. The NIMH project is testing patients after six, twelve and 18 months, with the end of the tests...
...production. The reviewer appears to be more concerned with being witty than with presenting a fair assessment The review could have been negative without being mean-spirited, and without missing the point of a charity production. All too often, Crimson critics mar their reviews with self-indulgent forays into verbal gymnastics and typically Harvardian condescension. Kate Robin '88 Sarah McKearnan '87 Zak Klobucher...