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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Perhaps the most dangerous assertion is the limit he places on these groups' ability to perform. To limit the hopes for high academic success is to destroy the capability to attain that success. People tend to live up to the expectations imposed on them, if they are told their capabilities are low, then they will often cease to strive for higher goals and thus fail to realize their full potential. These statements are not only dangerous but irresponsible as well, for they stifle intellectual curiosity and destroy self-esteem...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cease... | 10/27/1980 | See Source »

...reason Klein says she doubts she'll be given tenure here is that the University's standards for appointments are "conservative.... You have to reach a level of excellence that is very hard to attain in seven years," Klein says. "You have to be at a point where you're already well entrenched, so they really look outside. Harvard is sort of like the Yankees--they want the best team money can buy. They may be somewhat behind the discipline at times, but they always manage to have, at least on the roster, the most noted people in the world...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: A Question of Participation | 9/15/1980 | See Source »

...reason Klein says she doubts she'll be given tenure here is that the University's standards for appointments are "conservative.... You have to reach a level of excellence that is very hard to attain in seven years," Klein says. "You have to be at a point where you're already well entrenched, so they really look outside. Harvard is sort of like the Yankees--they want the best team money can buy. They may be somewhat behind the discipline at times, but they always manage to have, at least on the roster, the most noted people in the world...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: A Question of Participation | 9/10/1980 | See Source »

...reason Klein says she doubts she'll be given tenure here is that the University's standards for appointments are "conservative.... You have to reach a level of excellence that is very hard to attain in seven years," Klein says. "You have to be at a point where you're already well entrenched, so they really look outside. Harvard is sort of like the Yankees--they want the best team money can buy. They may be somewhat behind the discipline at times, but they always manage to have, at least on the roster, the most noted people in the world...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: A Question of Participation | 9/8/1980 | See Source »

...rests have changed, primarily because of the relentless buildup of Soviet strategic forces and the vast improvement in the accuracy of the Kremlin's nuclear warheads. The Soviets have achieved at least strategic parity with the U.S.; at the current rate of increase, the Kremlin is certain to attain clear-cut superiority in just a few more years. And despite its outcry against the Presidential Directive, Moscow has already deployed a very sizable counterforce arsenal of its own against U.S. Minuteman sites and other U.S. bases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Rethinking the Unthinkable | 8/25/1980 | See Source »

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