Word: eds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...organizers were remarkably heterogeneous: Ralph Nader and his allies among union leaders, politicians and economists, but also Actor Ed Asner and Historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. The cause: taking a poke at U.S. corporations on April 17, "Big Business Day." The place: demonstrations at 150 cities around the country. The charges: from the predictable (pollution, consumer gouging, union busting, governmental corruption) to the obscure (opposing the Equal Rights Amendment, causing high taxes and spoiling New York City's subway system). The reaction: a fairly large yawn...
...Crimson broke on top in the second without the benefit of a base hit. Mark Bingham opened the frame with a walk and was sacrificed to second by Ed (Piniella) Farrell. After a walk to Bobby Kelley, the only "hit" of the inning ensued. Billy Blood rapped a bouncer to first baseman Phil Johnson who stepped on first and relayed toward second for the tag. But the throw ricocheted off the helmet of the sliding Kelley, and rolled toward the third base line, where Perry picked it up too late to nail Bingham crossing the plate...
First baseman Bingham speared a chopper, whirled and threw to Brad Bauer at short, and the Yardling made a perfect return throw to Brown covering first, nipping Ed Wilcox by a step...
...THIS POINT in his narrative, Powell has established the disturbing rhythm of change at the Ed School. His description of the clumsy attempt to bolster state and federal agencies in the campaign against urban decay does not surprise us. Powell remembers that "an emphasis on educational jobs distant from children reemerged. Unlike earlier times, many of these jobs were located outside school systems or schools of education...
...leaders of the Ed School have always claimed that their institution is an innovator, not merely an expensive chalkboard on which theorists and practitioners compete for space...