Word: bit
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...entrepreneur cannot own a city or stake claim to its political governance, neither should he be entitled to corporate ownership; economic enterprise, like political, involves human relations and cooperation that cannot be possessed by any group of individuals. His argument here is intriguing, but not really convincing, and a bit myopic. He conveniently ignores the emergence of a modern managerial class and bureaucratic power--although he devotes a great deal of attention to this in other essays. Nevertheless, his fable presents a useful and fresh paradigm for the moral justification of a socialist state...
...Game on the field was the centerpiece of the showdown, yes, but the battle in the bleachers proved every bit as intense, a sort of telepathic war of wits, one side of the Stadium trying to disprove its inferiority complex, the other trying to convey the impression that regardless of the outcome, one team still goes to Yale...
...with the aftermaths of William's famed expectorations at the Boston press corps. Williams reportedly said to Fadden, "Jack, everybody has had something to say to me about this little incident. But you haven't said a word about it. You seem to know a little bit about everything...
...know quite a bit, but I'm no child psychologist," Fadden deadpanned...
...defense downed him in his own end zone for a safety. What's worse, time hadn't elapsed, and the Crimson was forced to punt the ball from its own 20, giving Yale one last chance. Fortunately, a horde of excited Cantabrigians stormed the field, ending the contest a bit prematurely but giving Harvard a 14-12 victory. Unfortunately, "End Zone" Crone became a folk legend, and the question of the day [and many days to come] was "Just what was Crone doing in the end zone, anyway?" Nobody remembers his stellar performance in New Haven the following year...