Word: serious
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last long. His chummy session with Mikhail Gorbachev in Malta restored momentum to U.S.-Soviet relations and gave a boost to what Bush called his "new thinking" about the changes in the Communist world. Yet the President had barely left his joint press conference with Gorbachev when he encountered serious questions about his plans to encourage perestroika and to deliver on his promises in time...
...chaos as states and municipalities, going it alone, have passed scores of differing environmental statutes. Other nations now find it easy to dismiss American calls for action. If the Bush Administration is to assert its promised international leadership, it must take action to reassure the world that it is serious about dealing with environmental threats...
Despite recalling its birth as the beginning of higher education in America, the University sadly missed this opportunity to re-examine either itself or education in general. Both are replete with problems, a serious review might have been a perfect birthday gift--from Harvard to its students, faculty, alumni and staff, and to the educators worldwide who view this university as a model for excellence. Enjoy your party, Harvard. But forgive us, if you will, for thinking beyond the celebration. Classes, thankfully, begin in a few weeks...
...Nothing is definite yet," said Joyce MacDonald, Lane's mother, in an interview last night from her home in Mequon, Wis. "He has just decided that he needs to step back and evaluate the situation and see if playing hockey is really worth the risk of something really serious happening...
...supporting 100 percent randomization, the editors believe they are taking a bold, controversial stand. They pat themselves on the back for ignoring student opinion and avoiding a "political" compromise. They feel that the issue of diversity is so serious, so urgent, that further discussion of the options is unnecessary...