Word: voided
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Proponents of integrating ethics into the educational system say that an entire generation--the product of post-Vietnam disillusionment--has been educated in an ethical void. They argue that it is through education that new standards will be transmitted. But they add that there is a fine line between concern for ethics in the educational system and a bias toward outmoded ethical systems, which represents a return to the days of religion and the pledge of allegiance...
...until the middle of this century that a member of the 337-year-old Harvard Corporation was drawn from the great geographical void that lays beyond Boston and New York. The member, William L. Marbury, a resident of Baltimore, "was one the great heroes" of the Corporation, recalls former President Nathan M. Pusey '28. In order to attend the twice-monthly Corporation meetings, Marbury "would ride the sleeper from Baltimore every Sunday night and ride back Monday night...
...Soviet salesmen touring the U.S. last week certainly made an aggressive capitalistic pitch: since NASA is out of the business of launching commercial satellites, the Soviet Union would happily fill the void -- for a reasonable price. The delegation from the civilian space agency Glavkosmos visited Washington and Houston, offering to loft U.S. satellites for about half the price of a ride on the European Ariane rocket. To assuage U.S. fears that technological secrets would be compromised, the Soviets even offered to accept the satellites in sealed packages...
...disintegration of Gary Hart's candidacy left a void where the structure of the nomination contest should be. Though Hart had been a weak leader of the pack -- short of deeply committed supporters and ready campaign cash -- his place at the top dictated the shape of the race. Each of the seven other Democrats had to strive to become Hart's chief rival in the winter carnival of early caucuses and primaries...
...used to be picked in smoke-filled rooms by their peers, who knew everything about their character," explains Stephen Hess of the Brookings Institution. But this trial by cigar smoke died with the reforms of the 1960s, which exalted presidential primaries at the expense of party leaders. In this void, political reporters, with some justice, may come to see themselves as the voters' last line of defense between canned television images and the White House...