Word: affectations
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...with swine flu. Are viruses the thing that's going to wipe this planet clean, as opposed to nuclear bombs? It certainly is the one threat that seems to allow us to be irrational about things. A nuclear attack requires a device, it can be intercepted, it can only affect a certain area. There is a logic to the way it spreads. But a virus grows exponentially. Every time it expands, there's a casualty. It's closer to a panic - closer, therefore, to a very primal fear...
...stayed within the healthcare industry and had some more success with that than in other areas that I might have explored in previous years had the economy been better.”PROSPECTS FOR 2010The economic slump that hit this year’s graduating class will likely affect next year’s class as well, both via the weak job market and through cutbacks spurred by Harvard’s declining budget.According to Mount, 135 companies have signed up so far to recruit on campus next year, a 17 percent decrease from May 2008, when 162 firms...
...Students attending these mid-May meetings say the cuts—from the elimination of hot breakfast to the possible scaling back of shuttle service—disproportionately affect student life, and argue that the student body had not been sufficiently consulted in the decision-making process...
...human beings.“The Core was in some ways linked to the academy or to have a better sense of why academics do what they do,” Kenen says. “Gen Ed is more about how this body of knowledge is going to affect who you’re going to be.” Meanwhile, Harris—forever a 4:50 a.m. riser—is still visiting departments, seeking to recruit courses. Kenen is still organizing papers in her office in University Hall and working out logistical issues with administrators...
...unsophisticated manifestation. The cult of expertise—and the pride of being named the “top” expert, by virtue of being the expert at Harvard—sometimes makes us fear to question each other. Both faculty and administrators often make decisions that affect the state of knowledge and the functioning of the university, and I often feel that the explanation has not been made clear, that asking questions—particularly of the administration—is regarded as unfriendly. In fact, some in the current administration respond constructively to such queries, but that...