Word: voiding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Second, the FDIC may have created an unnecessary void in Continental Illinois's management by replacing more than half of the bank's board. Finding qualified replacements may be difficult, at least in the short run. However, this should be a temporary situation, a justified cost for attempting to discipline the industry. In fact, look for retired managers of other large money center banks and former government officials to populate Continental Illinois' board in the future...
...PRESS PACKET for the movie opens with the lines "For how many years did we gaze into the night sky, wondering 'Are we indeed alone? Is man nothing more than an accident in the Universe, an orphan race lost forever in the void of space?'" This movie hardly seems capable of answering such profound questions. It is too stereotypical and too simplistic to address effectively these philosophical perplexities. The few hours go by pleasantly enough, and there are some suspenseful moments that will keep you on the edge of your seat, but don't expect anything like...
Unfortunately, serious obstacles stand in the way. We no longer agree about is important for an educated person to know. "Education cannot be discussed in a void," L.S. Eliot once wrote, "To know what we want in education we must know what we want in general; we must derive our theory of education from our philosophy of life." But modern America has no philosophy of life; if it does, it probably should not be taught to children. It is ordinarily hoped that a value-free education will allow students to form their own values. All too often, a value-free...
...make up for the void created by his father, Boswell took solace in his relationship with Johnson, the most intellectually dynamic man of his age. Some of the most moving sections of the book describe the intimate rapport between Johnson and Boswell. Here we see them analyzing Boswell's prospects for entering Johnson's famed literary club, there the two are commiserating after a rare argument. The intellectual stimulation offered by Johnson and his circle warmed Boswell...
Some final notes as we enter The Void...