Word: orientedness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Washington has also considerably narrowed the freedom it once allowed in research. Emphasis has shifted from basic to goal-oriented research. Furthermore, to be eligible for federal grants, scientists must increasingly comply with a growing list of rules and regulations, some of them clearly too stringent and cumbersome. M.I.T. President...
As a U.S. official adds, "Cuba represents an alternative path to development, very different from the old traditional British model that hasn't worked too well." Years after independence, former British colonies remain, almost without exception, poorly endowed with natural resources and handicapped by single-commodity, export-oriented economies...
His words cheered millions of traditionally oriented Roman Catholics. But liberals claim that the Pope's stand shows that he does not understand the U.S. and lacks exposure to grassroots' thinking.
The revival of The Most Happy Fella (first produced on Broadway in 1956) most clearly reveals the imbalance that occurs in a musical when it opts for the operatic mode. A musical rests on a tripod of book, score and dance. Opera-oriented shows almost inevitably rely on only a...
Califano also criticized President Carter's newly established Department of Education, saying "there are too many constituency-oriented departments in Washington now. It will further fragment government." He added that the Department of Education will not serve students, but teachers' unions instead.