Word: certainly
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...mistakes and ignored the advice of outsiders that he shake up the top level of his Administration or even fire some people. But now Carter is beginning to have second thoughts. Reports TIME Washington Bureau Chief Robert Ajemian: "According to close aides, Carter is dissatisfied with the quality of certain advice and with some of the decision making beneath him. Mindful of his wobbly standing in the polls, he is determined to improve the Cabinet's performance...
...Faculty has also voiced a range of opinions on Monday's boycott. Although Dean Rosovsky called for "business as usual," Expository Writing teacher Ellen Schrecker cancelled both of her Monday sections. It's very good to take certain symbolic actions," Schrecker said. "I believe Harvard should divest...
...used to dealing with problems on a small scale. He designed, engineered and oversaw the massive switch of the library's catalogues to the more widely accepted Library of Congress system. But his decision was not rushed or unthinking. "Intellectually," he insists, "the old Widener system has certain advantages over the Library of Congress system." But he adds. "It had become a luxury to maintain a highly idiosyneratic system. One could no longer afford to keep it, even at Harvard...
British wit also characterizes the Dunster House production of Shaw's Heartbreak House. Though not lacking in Shavian verbal cleverness, this play is atypical Shaw in certain ways. It abounds in action, making it less talkative than Man and Superman or Saint Joan. The characters are more three-dimensional and very finely drawn; they espouse philosophies, instead of embodying them, as is so often the case with Shavian types. Often, in fact, they seem to echo characters of other plays by Shaw, only they turn out not to be what they seem. This motif runs through Heartbreak House...
Roche cited an articled by Wilson, entitled "Staying Alive Is a Risky Business," that appeared in the Boston Globe on March 4, as the reason for his reservations. In the article, Wilson stated there are many radiation hazards more dangerous than nuclear power plants, including X-rays and certain commercial materials...