Word: individualistic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Treating students and alumni as a community rather than a subset of a grand institution greater than all of us has other implications as well. One of the most frequent complaints registered by students and faculty alike concerns what some describe as the cold, absolutist, individualist atmosphere of the University. Even Bok admitted in a recent speech his own disappointment with the lack of intellectual camaraderie among professors. students frequently view their experience as an expensive ticket to individual success rather than a personal reflection of themselves and those with whom they live and study. Without any enticement to recognize...
Supporters say he belonged to the Old West: he lived by its simple rules of survival. To a point, Sheriff Nettleton agrees, but he must enforce the laws of the New West. "He was an individualist, made his own rules, lived by 'em," the sheriff observes. "But his rules and society's rules aren't the same. He sat around and thought about it, and shot and killed two game wardens." When the New West clashed with the old, Dallas lost...
...Leather. Nothing can beat the feel of raw leather against your skin. Pennsylvania Company (28 JFK) has black leather skirts for $220, skinny ties at $7.00, and, for the rugged individualist, a variety of jackets ranging from $190 to $500. And for the upwardly mobile, The Coop sells leather attache cases...
...Skating is a really lonely, individualist sport, and we really enjoy the chance to get together and have some fun," says Paul S. Wylie '90, who took fifth place in national competition this year. The Canaday Hall resident will be appearing in the show for the fourth time...
Subsequent experiments showed that the mysterious substance was also present in snake venom and mouse salivary glands. It was left to Cohen, a pipe-smoking individualist, to extract the first pure samples of the protein now known as nerve growth factor. Later, working separately, Cohen discovered epidermal growth factor, which governs cell development in the skin. He also located a protein on the surfaces of cells that acts as a receptor...