Word: vesting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...quality. University of Wisconsin Dean John Wiley notes that foreigners who apply for master's and Ph.D. programs "are the top 1% of the cream of the crop." But the pressure from these foreign candidates comes when bright young Americans seem less interested in higher technical education. Says Charles Vest, dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor: "That reflects the general tendency in U.S. society for doing things in the short...
...shaken by the twelve-hour wrangle that he considered pulling out of the contest. He feared not only that he could not unite blacks but that the rising emotions might turn violent. Five aldermen supporting Sawyer said they had received death threats; at least one wore a bulletproof vest during the wild debate. But after asking ministers to pray with him in an upstairs office, Sawyer decided to stay in the race. He got the votes of six black aldermen, including himself, and 23 whites. Evans' 19 votes came from eleven blacks, four Hispanics and four reform-minded whites...
...attempting to construct a life vest tha would prevent Navy pilots from becoming hypothermic when their planes land in water, a center spokesman said...
Frazzled urban professionals love them. Once a week Joe Meissner, 39, who runs an executive placement service in San Francisco, reroutes his calls, takes off his vest, loosens his tie and turns himself over to Corporate Stressbusters. They bring the equipment: a stool, a 3-in.-thick black cushion and a pair of hands. "Stress goes right into my shoulders," sighs Meissner. "They knead it all out of me." Portland, Ore., and Los Angeles boast similar services. In New York City, Attorney Peter Kupersmith calls the quarter-hour sessions devoted to his neck and shoulders "miraculous and a crucial part...
...last minority summer internship program (okay, maybe so it's reverse discrimination, but we've been oppressed for 300 years, and we can hardly join any country clubs), everybody seemed to be assimilationist--we rarely made fun of white people. Of course, we played it close to the vest regarding our true sentiments...