Word: fabricating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...successor, whose confirmation by the Senate should encounter no serious obstacles, also enjoys widespread respect in international economic circles, though he has no central bank experience. Moreover, his economic views are cut from essentially the same conservative, anti-inflationary fabric as Volcker's. As a Republican who has already served one Republican President, however, Greenspan is bound to face increasing pressure to bend his actions to political ends as the 1988 presidential election draws nearer. Indeed, some Administration critics argued last week that Greenspan's surprise appointment already amounted to just such political meddling. Said Pierre Rinfret, a former Nixon...
...clear that ethical issues have to be considered as they arise in the profession of business--constantly, and unexpectedly," MacArthur said to reporters at the time. "They have to be imbedded in the very fabric of what we teach and research at Harvard Business School." MacArthur has repeatedly refused to speak to The Crimson...
...formfitting on the beach this year? Answer: the rubber look. Robin Piccone, a California designer, has set off a sizzling fashion wave with bathing suits made of neoprene, the synthetic rubber from which scuba-diving wet suits are made. The material is both cool -- air circulates freely through the fabric's myriad pores -- and cosmetic, since it streamlines imperfections on otherwise delectable forms...
...white professor in the department, Sollors admits there are some drawbacks to not being Black and an Afro-American expert. "Looking at it [Afro-Am] from the outside, you are particulaly prone to see larger cultural patterns and the connectedness of the fabric of Afro-American life to modern life in general," he says. "But, there is always the fine tuning of the field that becomes most apparent from being a part of Afro-American life, particularly in the realm of literature...
...from Vietnam to the H-bomb, they had plenty to worry about. These broad social issues were not the sort of thing blues singers had sung about in the past. White musicians like Bob Dylan, The Band, and The Rolling Stones added new irony and social critique to the fabric of the form...