Word: writes
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Long before her appointment as head of raduate studies, Moore also worked to beef up academic contact among the 12 graduate students in the Anthropology Department. She organize a thesis-writing colloquium in which students could present chapters of their theses for criticism from the colleagues. The plan, she says, succeeded, and students began to write more efficiently and clearly...
Johnson says he feels most social service is by its nature political, although people involved might not think so. "If a counselor just has a good way to teach the kids to read and write, that's political. That's revolutionary because keeping them ignorant is oppressive," Johnson says...
...editors say, the official did more than simply suggest. He intimidated. Dean K. Whitla, director of the office of instructional research and evaluation, is said to have told the students to "pack their bags" unless they made certain write-ups less critical and reportedly threatened cancellation of the book if they failed to comply...
...Maggot, at least from English or rather British, critics. His countrymen, he says, are still devoted to "quiet, workmanlike, parochial novels" like those of Barbara Pym and Elizabeth Taylor. "I'm not against that," he says. "I'm just against the idea that it's the only way to write novels and be esteemed in Oxbridge." Floods of mail, piling up in cardboard boxes around his desk, assure him that he is esteemed around the world. But for someone worried about finding time to finish all his projected books, this too can be a burden. "The most appalling letters...
...reverse its fortunes. Last week the Danbury, Conn.-based company dramatically retrenched its operations, announcing that it will eliminate 4,000 white-collar jobs, thereby reducing its work force about 15%. The firm will close several unprofitable plants and make other moves to slim down operations. The large write-offs, which will cost $990 million, will give Union Carbide an estimated net loss of $250 million for 1985, compared with a profit of $323 million in 1984. In a step that could dissuade raiders, the company plans to buy back $500 million of its stock...