Word: agee
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dancers, who range in age from 19 to 23, were delightful, but the standouts were Margaret Tracey, 19, who joined the company only eight months ago, and her partner, Jeffrey Edwards, 22, a veteran of not quite two years. The world of Fragonard may never have existed, but these two created it in their performance, Tracey with her perfect placement and polished gaiety of manner, Edwards with his ardor and already superior partnering...
Mayr, who retired 13 years ago, also feels a mandatory retirement age is appropriate. "One shouldn't retire people too late," he says. "It's unfair to the younger generation...
...other professors disagree, believing that faculty members should not be forced to retire when they reach the mandatory age...
However Riesman says that problems would arise if the mandatory age was uncapped. "People will be more cautious in granting tenure, because instead of working 20 to 30 years, professors will be teaching 40 to 50 years," he says...
Riesman predicted that "all of academia is likely to suffer" if the mandatory age were abolished. He says that while Harvard may suffer less, small liberal arts colleges will face a tougher time because they tend to have more tenured faculty...