Word: books
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Kirshner stares down at the page, closes the book again, and frowns. "Well, that [sign] doesn't work as well...
...Shutting the book, Kirshner laughs and scoffs and says sarcastically, "Well, there you go. It's absolutely true...
...chair of the Government Department, the director of the Center for International Affairs, and dean of the Kennedy School. Known to undergraduates as the professor of Junior Government Tutorial 90qa, "Community in America," Putnam studies social capital in relation to civic engagement. In his 1995 article and upcoming book, Bowling Alone: Civic Disengagement in America and What to Do About It, Putnam employs bowling as a metaphor for a larger phenomenon in America. He charts the movement from group-oriented civic engagement, as manifested in bowling leagues, to isolating, individual activities, like bowling alone...
...modest Putnam doesn't gloat over his strike. He simply smiles and addresses the TV screens: "One of the things I described in the book," he says, motioning to the video screens "is that television is such a commodity in our lives, that even when we go bowling, we're supposed to sit here watching...
...Prince of Conservatives," as Harvard Magazine recently dubbed him, is almost at home cooking the first full meal of his life. While he is more comfortable teaching a popular class on ancient and medieval political philosophy or conducting research on his new book, entitled Manliness, Mansfield also enjoys being provocative. His hyperbole becomes campus controversy. He calls gay sex "shameful." He speculates that the rise in black students at Harvard has led to grade inflation. He repeatedly warns against the dangers of disrespecting manliness...