Word: avuncularity
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...many of whom "want more from these contacts than a lot of people feel they can give. To same extent this' desire to see faculty has become a thing-in-itself. It's an irrational thing. When you do see students, you don't know if it's an avuncular, paternal relation or if it's for intellectual or psychological sustenance...
...often spend their own money for materials. But a part of the difficulty rests with the administration, which puts heavy emphasis upon business and secretarial courses at the expense of college preparation. Teachers have trouble getting permission to take classes on field trips and other broadening experiences. White-haired, avuncular Guidance Counselor Joe Crowley-who describes South Boston High as "fun, really fun"-is supposed to see each student three times a year. But Crowley also is the school's football coach, and athletics are clearly his top priority. Says Crowley: "Sports mean an awful lot here, and getting...
...student describes him, O'Toole is a "sheep in wolf's clothes." He takes evident pride in the school he helped set up in 1968, and he talks about the Northeastern students in an avuncular tone: "People come here with a strong commitment. They've tried a lot of other things, and they come to Northeastern knowing what they want. They bring a lot to the school." O'Toole says it is important that the faculty, in turn, be easily accessible to the students. "What Northeastern does for a student is incredible," he says. "In my day at Harvard...
...says, "you feel all the power and authority of Christendom." Last week Ramsey announced that, come his 70th birthday in November, he will step down as 100th Archbishop of Canterbury. A determined ecumenist, Ramsey became in 1966 the first Cantuar to officially meet a Pope in 600 years. In avuncular fashion, he even made the swinging scene, telling his fellow clergy to stop being scandalized by topless fashions. He himself shocked his brethren in the middle of an argument about church vestments by disclosing, "In some churches I wear no more than a black scarf." When last year...
FOREIGN SECRETARY: James Callaghan, 61, an avuncular pragmatist who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary in earlier Wilson administrations. A firm Atlanticist and NATO supporter, Callaghan is skeptical about the Common Market but not hostile to it. In Middle East affairs, he will be less ardently Arabist than were Heath and Sir Alec Douglas-Home...