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...despite pretensions to the contrary, Harvard is not the U.S. Government, and this kind of secrecy crosses the line from practical into absurd. It seems clear that junior faculty, like everyone else, are under-informed about the tenure process. While internal hiring has increased in recent years, it varies widely by department and remains across the board much lower than at other universities. Rather than raise up star faculty from within its ranks, Harvard has fallen prey to the trend in academia toward seeking out what some have called "academostars," cutting-edge scholars who are more or less auctioned...
Clearly so absurd a character, so warped and inadequate a mind, despite its cold-blooded political discernment, could not in so short a time have worked such universal havoc if it had not embodied forces of evil in the world far greater than itself...
PRIZEFIGHTING Theater of the Absurd...
...like a punch, scored a knockout that the referee did not realize was a knockout, and set a record that turned out to be no record. In the process, Cassius clearly established himself as the heavyweight champion of the world and a consummate actor--in the theater of the absurd...
...negative remarks about psychiatrists were uncalled for. I know there are many dedicated, caring psychiatrists, and to have made such a sweeping generalization was absurd. I should have taken my own advice: Measure twice; saw once. ANN LANDERS Chicago...