Search Details

Word: conducting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1980
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Something wasn't exactly serious about this ballgame--you could tell very early on. Right around the time when Dean Rosovsky--William and Mary '48--mounted a podium to conduct the Harvard Band's version of "Veritas," football began to yield to the rapidly accumulating absurdity...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Saturday's Sideshows | 11/10/1980 | See Source »

...year in the post-doctoral program would provide recent Ph.D. recipients a chance, for example, to conduct research or spend time writing a second book, something that could dramatically improve a scholar's chances for tenure, Huggins said...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Study Stresses DuBois Institute Role | 11/10/1980 | See Source »

When he was nominated, Carnesale said, "the first item of business is assuring the public health and safety," and he believes the agency should conduct a thorough review of emergency procedures at the nation's nuclear power facilities...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Reagan Win Blocks NRC Appointment | 11/7/1980 | See Source »

Whatever the outcome of the election today it will settle no great issue nor will it affirm or deny any political principle. Whether the conduct of the United States government will be measurably altered during the next four years should Governor Roosevelt be elected is in itself doubtful. There is nothing new in this although the present campaign has failed peculiarly to distinguish between the two leading parties. What is important and remains so unaffected by the consequences of today's election is that the working principles of government which are assumed by both democrats and republicans and to some...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Presidentiad Through the Years | 11/4/1980 | See Source »

...peace talks, is at least a known quantity. Says a government official: "We do not know what Reagan is going to say or what he is going to do if he becomes President." But other Israelis maintain that Carter is too unpredictable and that Reagan would at least conduct a tough Soviet policy, which the Israelis advocate. Egyptian officials speculate that if Carter got a second term, he would be free from re-election considerations and more willing to push Israel harder to grant meaningful autonomy to the Palestinians. The Egyptians fear Reagan would side so strongly with Israel that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Praising with Faint Damns | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

First | Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Next | Last