Word: worded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...conflict cut to the heart of Muslim and Judeo-Christian values, with centuries of cultural misunderstanding and mistrust finding a flash point in Rushdie's novel. After Khomeini's call to murder, many Muslim leaders worldwide disagreed with the ferocity of his action, but none had a friendly word for Rushdie, his literary intentions or his right to free speech. To be sure, few of his prosecutors had read the book, as the author pointed out repeatedly; most seemed to feel they had learned enough from printed excerpts or merely word of mouth to convict the author of blasphemy compounded...
RICHARD BURTON: A LIFE by Melvyn Bragg (Little, Brown; $22.95). This meticulous biography includes generous quotations from the subject's letters and a 350,000-word private diary; the result is a portrait of a vivid actor who approached language with the same passion he lavished on Elizabeth Taylor...
...WHEN word leaked out Thursday that President Bok had named Professor of Law Robert C. Clark dean of the Law School, fellow scholars said they were shocked. A member of the faculty search committee said that a majority of the Law School faculty had opposed Clark's candidacy. One professor called the appointment "a disaster," another said Clark was "the worst possible choice...
...word union in this case means coming together rather than power block," Gilligan says. "Women need one another if they are to remain clear and connected to themselves as well," she adds...
...squash as the Cadillac is to the car world," sophomore George Polsky says. "He's got that sleek, lanky frame and he moves just so smoothly out there. He's not all that flashy, but he'll get the job down. In a Churchellian sense of the word, he's a classy dude...