Word: named
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...other hand, Roy was not even invited to the camp. After Canadian coaches had led him to believe that he would be invited to the tryout, Roy's name was omitted from the list of invitees, shocking both him and Sneddon...
...continued to scan the article I began to have an uneasy sense that something was wrong. First of all the name of Ehrenreich sounded vaguely familiar. Then I realized--why, Ehrenreich! That's me! Why hadn't I recognized myself...
Even so, the double coincidence of names has unnerved shareholders of the Encino bank, so John Keating will probably change its name to avoid any more confusion. He jokes that he may also rechristen himself Fielding Mellish, the name of the goofy dictator in Woody Allen's 1971 movie Bananas...
Harvard's faculty consists, for the most part, of white, male, middle-aged scholars with impeccable credentials and outstanding reputations. The tenure system insures it. And that, in itself, is a problem....the system discriminates against young academics; it favors the "big name" over youthful vigor and potential...In essence, junior faculty at Harvard are traveling the academic equivalent of a dead-end street, and that creates a morale problem...First, Harvard should start hiring minorities and women--not just make noises about how it's trying very hard...Second, departments should begin appointing young, promising scholars. Finally--and most...
...Quayle wins, the history of the '80s will be written in short sentences with lots of simple words. America is good. You can do anything you set your mind to. Hello, my name is Dan Quayle. (Note: If Quayle wins, history will become the gut major...