Word: clearing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Veteran street performer Mark Farneth refrains from criticizing the police. Instead, he pins blame on a fellow juggler. "A while ago, he fell off his unicycle and broke a window," Farneth says. He says the failure to clear up the matter quickly with the storeowner led to a crackdown on all street entertainment...
...Dardis cannot say what keeps people from writing well because he cannot say what makes them write well in the first place. Sobriety has never guaranteed great art. Dardis oversimplifies the writing process by implying that clear thinking and dedication alone produce great books, and he deals with the writers' "talent" as though it were a discreet quality that could conserved or expended...
...Teaching is not the priority here, nor working with students. I have spent far more of my time than was healthy for my academic advancement working with students. If I had been more clear what a small role those things play, I might have made some things different."--Assistant Professor of Anthropology Terrence Deacon, discussing the small consideration Harvard gives to teaching and other administrative service when considering a junior faculty member for promotion...
...Teaching is not the priority here, nor working with students," says Assistant Professor of Anthropology Terrence Deacon. "I have spent far more of my time than was healthy for my academic advancement working with students. If I had been more clear what a small role those things play I might have made some different choices...
...Jardine adds, "It is clear that the entire tenure process needs to be reviewed, and the relationship between academic excellence and reputation, service to Harvard and the community and teaching needs to be re-examined...