Word: wrongfulness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...many articles written about his course, Raiffa approves of only two: one an interview in last week's Harvard Gazette, and the other a Globe story by Charles L. Whipple. "The Whipple article pointed up errors in the Journal article and said the press, in this case, was wrong," said Raiffa. "That's a very gracious step to take...
BENEITIA PORTER'S acting, like the set, only obscures Beckett's script. Beckett himself might see nothing wrong here; his plays need not and sometimes cannot make sense on an intellectual level. But Krieger's concept of isolating Porter in the hallway ruins the drama of the piece...
...country into the 20th century quickly but in doing so disrupted all aspects of society": the aristocracy and middle class invested in industry and many became rich, while their children got educated abroad and sometimes became disaffected. Peasants crowded into the cities and agriculture declined. The priorities were quite wrong. "The United States and Europe contributed to the terrible mistakes made under the Shah's rule because American and European businesses were just interested in making money...the U.S. had no concern for the people of Iran...
...upon the erratic supplies of a metal that comes largely from South Africa and the Soviet Union, whose governments can pump up or cut off sales at will. But gold will continue to glitter until a stable and acceptable monetary substitute can be found. In theory, there is nothing wrong with continuing to use the dollar as the world's primary currency for international trading and holdings of national reserves. But the U.S. has printed so much money to cover federal budget deficits, and has run such big balance of payments deficits, that as many as $700 billion...
...Manford McNeil, whose salary of "more than $25,000" is set by the board of directors: "The workers are bound to have a better idea of how hard-working or reliable an employee is than I have. If it were up to me, I'd probably give the wrong guy a raise...