Word: academia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sure that this isn't like beating your head against a wall because it feels so good when you stop. The ordered exercise was a way of disciplining one's life so that it had function and regularity beyond that of the more oblique areas of academia. But this order could be achieved in a less strenous fashion...
...Bozek, a fellow player whom I have always liked and respected, offered his explanations of this failure in a recent letter to the Sports Editors. Cogent, often accurate, but dangerously deceptive, Bozek's expose points to two main contributing factors: first, "the unworkable situation of 'big-time basketball' and 'academia'"; and second, Harrison's total incompetence as a coach. Due to the possible impact that Bozek's assessments may have upon the direction of the Harvard basketball program, these points deserve serious comment...
...master the material.") is that it creates an atmosphere where students are reluctant to help each other, afraid that they will give their classmates a crucial margin of understanding. The environment of students fighting each other in subtle and unsubtle ways is detrimental to academia. The biggest danger from excessive competition in Chem 20 is that it may create a student who is unlikely to become a humane and considerate physician...
Congress justified cutbacks in education by citing the sizeable financial donations received by universities. With the tax reform sitting in the House, private gifts are no longer a safe alternative. Harvard's chances for defeating the cutbacks look glum. The Capital Hill winds are not blowing in academia's direction...
...attitude necessary not only to play winning basketball, but merely to enjoy playing. He has added nothing but the element of frustration to the experiment he was hired to guide. He too, like the players, has been cheated by the unworkable situation of "big-time-basketball" and "academia," but unlike the players he has proven himself to be talentless as a coach, and detremental to any basketball program, be it amateur...