Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Harvard. But a larger issue encompasses many of the UMass problems: How much control should the state government exert over its land-grant college? Massachusetts has gained a certain notoriety for the inordinate amount of academic control held by the state legislature. For example, the University of Massachusetts cannot keep any fees paid to it--tuition, board charges, room rents--but must turn the money over to the General Fund of the Commonwealth...
...double-cross of the first order." President Mather minced no words in expressing his opinion of members of the State Senate following the defeat of the pay increase. "After all, we cannot attract professors with fresh air and a small town atmosphere. And the idea of a 'dedicated teacher' who completely ignores his salary is a great deal of bunk," Mather cuttingly remarked. Two days later, in order to call public attention to the legislature's actions, the president resigned his post effective June 30, 1960. He showed no intention of dropping his fight, however. "During this, my final academic...
...five years ago. That time, the thief triggered an alarm upon leaving, took fright and dumped his loot in Queen's Park as he ran. What makes art theft so fascinating is that the haul is more a burden than a bargain. Unlike gold or jewelry, a painting cannot be converted into something else. Art "fences'' are nonexistent; art dealers, no matter how covetous they may be, cannot afford to handle such hot merchandise. In the old days, thieves could find ready buyers (if not patrons) among wealthy aristocrats. But today, chances are slim that the thieves...
Anatomy of a Murder. Lee Remick and James Stewart are slickly professional in this adaptation of 1958's most physiological bestseller; yet even they cannot compete with a cinema newcomer from Boston named Joseph N. Welch...
Tues., Sept. 29 The Many Loves of Doby Gillis (CBS, 8:30-9 p.m.). Max Shulman's hot-shot teen-ager is right up with the times. He even has a beatnik pal. But anybody who loves money, cars and girls cannot be all bad. The Caper at the Bijou gives the new series a fresh start...