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While the possible long-term effects of the switch (and of Cantor's arrival) are difficult to assess at this point, one thing is clear--the transfer was motivated, at least in part, by an erosion of administration confidence in Hall's ability to supervise the personnel functions...
...summer of 1974 the Cardinal appointed a committee, chaired by Rev. John P. Boles, to investigate and assess the needs of the Harvard-Radcliffe community. However, the committee's assessment did not include input from the H-R community, and so when Griffin, Kelley and Bohn received notice of their dismissal notice, which they claim contained no explanation for the firing, the board of the Harvard-Radcliffe Catholic Student Center Inc. at St. Paul's Church immediately voiced its objections to the Cardinal...
Because Hughes' life was so shrouded by secrecy, it will be difficult, if not impossible, to assess his achievements. Beyond doubt, he possessed a visionary gift for applying the scientific breakthroughs of today to create the new products of tomorrow. With his encouragement, his companies developed the laser, communications satellites and a dizzying array of esoteric weaponry. As one senior Pentagon intelligence officer puts it, "He was something of a genius in understanding far-out concepts of electro-optical systems, infra-red sensors and other sophisticated gear from undersea to outer space...
Miller and his successors modified earlier views of the Puritans as anti-egalitarian, hypocritical killjoys by examining more closely the role their religion played in their lives. Because he focuses on the language of that religion alone, Bercovitch can go even farther and assess the Puritan achievement in a frankly celebratory vein. "History betrayed them, we know," he writes. "That they persisted nonetheless requires us, I believe, to redefine their achievement in a positive way." In labeling Cotton Mather as the keeper of the American dream, Bercovitch writes that "he rescued the errand by appropriating it to himself." Although...
Leaders from eight categories of national organizations and 600 randomly chosen seniors from ten colleges have been asked to assess economic, educational, and social equality in America and United States foreign policy, Sidney Verba '53, professor of Government and a sponsor of the survey said last week...