Word: versions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...view is opposed by those who feel that the liberalized curriculum of the 60s and 70s has adversly affected higher education. Secretary of Education William J. Bennett, for example, has suggested that all college students be required to read the "great books" of Western civilization. This "back-to-basics" version of assessment has found strong support among several state legislatures which have mandated basic-skills tests and specific curricular reforms in public universities. While Harvard is not subject to state mandated reforms, it is closely studying assessment projects at schools that...
Meanwhile, houses will sponsor tours and parties designed to recruit the "right types" of people. Then, after Harvard's peculiar version of fraternity rush closes, freshmen will play the numbers, attempting to select the ideal house to which their lottery numbers will permit entry. Not until the day before spring break will screams of anguish and joy emanate from the Yard, as freshmen finally learn where they will spend their next three years...
Presidents of small colleges are up in arms over this year's version of what they call an "inaccurate", "superficial" and "unscientific" college survey that will appear on the front page of the October 26 U.S. News and World Report...
...commercials! That has been one of the strongest selling points of movies on video-cassettes. But next week, when the long-awaited home-video version of the blockbuster Top Gun goes on sale, consumers will be surprised to find the movie preceded by a 60-second commercial for Diet Pepsi. The spot, which ( features a jet pilot pouring a soda while flying upside down, will be the first by a major advertiser to appear on a U.S. videocassette...
Today those words still apply to too many conductors and their orchestras. Beethoven symphonies are wolfed down like bran flakes, high in moral fiber and good for the soul; meanwhile, less celebrated works are regarded as the aural version of empty calories. Here, apparently, is the enduring Toscanini legacy, and, according to Horowitz's plausible indictment, one that shows few signs of fading away...