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From the start, administrators have repeatedly likened this review to the curricular overhauls conducted in the 1940s under then-University President James Bryant Conant ’14 and in 1978 under former Dean of the Faculty Henry A. Rosovsky. But these comparisons are disingenuous at best. Conant’s revolutionary review essentially invented the idea of general education, the basis for core curricula nationwide; its 1945 report, the Redbook, sold 40,000 copies in a few years. Rosovsky’s review reinvigorated the faculty—still reeling from the culture shocks of the 1960s?...
Luring the likes of Joe “Jellybean” Bryant and Xavier “The X-Man” McDaniel away from NBA retirement is no small task, I assure you. Cushy home furnishings and lounging-related activities are the universal hallmarks of ex-player life, and, let’s face it, neither of them has Michael Jordan or even Dennis Rodman-like prospects for a comeback...
When I heard of Bryant and McDaniel’s newfound profession, two things immediately happened...
Summers insisted that Harvard must stay out of politics. He cited A. Lawrence Lowell, class of 1887, and James Bryant Conant ’14 as examples of former University presidents whose past involvement in politics had negative consequences...
...Bush Administration weapons inspector David Kay told a Senate committee, "We were almost all wrong." Almost all, but not quite. On the eve of the war, chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix reported finding no evidence of WMD stockpiles in Iraq and asked that the search continue. GENE BRYANT Nashville, Tenn...