Word: purview
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...right-Jack complacency, it is unrealistic to expect political leaders to play Cassandra. Even public concerns, like crime and drugs, that consistently ranked high in national polls contributed to this air of unreality. Crime has always been a local problem largely beyond a President's purview, while drug usage remains so embedded in cultural attitudes that it virtually defies political remedies...
Somehow, this obvious biological explanation for the explosion of teen problems has escaped the purview of social critics. Religious moralists would have us believe that the problems of pre-marital sex, teen pregnancy, etc. stem from the ills of 20th century society and the breakdown of American morality. Some even confuse cause and effect, emphasizing the pernicious influence of rock music (this means you, Tipper...
Naturally, such a revamped job description means more responsibility -- and more respect. Nurses are often the first to spot trouble, make sense of a patient's confusing symptoms or suggest a needed change in treatment. Yet acting on such observations has traditionally been the physician's purview. R.N.s must become full-fledged members of the team and be expected to engage ! in the medical give-and-take about patients' well-being. That role is never in doubt on the AIDS ward at Sherman Oaks Community Hospital, where doctors and nurses find themselves depending on one another to battle the deadly...
Because big house parties tend to draw peoplecampuswide, "I don't see the point in [thecouncil's] throwing a party," said Pieter M. Pil'88. The council should stick to events out of thehouse committees' purview, such as sponsoring theupcoming Elvis Costello concert, Pil added...
...brother Lowell later averred was for "advisory services." A similar $3 million fee for "investment advisory services" went from Boesky to the Los Angeles brokerage firm Jefferies & Co., headed by Boyd Jefferies, 56. That company specialized in quietly assembling large blocks of shares for corporate raiders outside the purview of the New York Stock Exchange. In that role, Jefferies & Co. almost always had advance knowledge of any important takeover deal. Lawyers familiar with the SEC say the regulatory agency is looking very closely at how such relationships could lead to illegal insider trading...