Word: sociologists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...March 6 edition of The Nation University of California historian Jon Wiener writes about evidence showing that the late Harvard sociologist Talcott Parsons worked with American intelligence agents after World War II to bring Nazi collaborators to the U.S. as Soviet Studies experts...
Considered the most influential sociologist of the post-war era, Parsons was famous for developing the structural-functional theory, which examines the workings and evolution of stable systems and institutions...
...most ideal and imperative motives of national duty," said Ford Professor of Social Sciences, Emeritus David Riesman '31, a colleague of Parsons. While he said he was not aware of the accusations against Parsons, he added that the reported actions did not surprise him in light of the sociologist's staunch anti-communism...
...paramount and high technology extends into just about every sphere of daily life. This combination has produced the enthronement of the bathroom as a focus for ingenuity and decorating style. "The Japanese have given up hopes of having a garden, and are spending money for comfortable dwellings," says sociologist Yukio Akatsuka. "The interest is now shifting from the living room to the bathroom." Though the seatless holes in the ground of stereotypical Western dread still exist in many parts of Japan, the newfangled WC is often a marvel of gadgetry...
...spend at least a year working for $100 a week in places like hospices and homeless shelters in their local communities. The volunteers would also have the option of entering the armed forces at wage rates significantly below those of regular soldiers. The national-service proposal -- originally developed by sociologist Charles Moskos and the Democratic Leadership Council -- is poised between threat and reward. "It's just this side of compulsion," says Moskos, who teaches at Northwestern University, "but we don't cross the line...