Word: commenting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Eliot M. Bernat '60, president of the HEYRC, was unavailable for comment last night. David F. Peterson '59, president of the HYRC, said that he had no part in causing the omission, and that it "resulted naturally from the wishes of the other clubs...
...years ago, a painter remarked that there was really no canvas in the show he would like to take home despite his superlative opinion of the exhibit. He went on to say that, nevertheless, this was the best show on Fifty-Seventh Street and not one easily forgotten. The comment is indicative despite its derogatory aspect. A painter can usually, or should ideally, be able to project his knowledge and instinct beyond his taste, the last mentioned being surface matter in the business of criticism. It was this gentleman's taste which created the paradox. What the incident evokes...
...maximum campaign contribution). He is fretful when time is lost, and his relaxation sometimes takes curious channels. One night he flew to the West Coast, spent the next day padding through art museums, flew home next night, arrived at his desk in the morning with the comment: "Gee, that was a good rest...
...these management fears justified? The political realists in unions do not think so. They are well aware that companies are deep in politics, through lobbying and individual contributions to candidates. Union leaders admit that companies have every right to comment openly, take basic issues right to the people just as unions themselves have done for years. Says Co-Director Jim McDevitt of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. Committee on Political Education: "There's nothing wrong if a company tries to get its executives to promote its candidates-providing there's no coercion...
...occasional sharp observation strikes home: "Appreciation for the idiosyncratic is part of the Harvard mystique.... it goes with saying the idiosyncratic must never get too far out of hand." This sort of semi-ironical comment replaces most value judgements in the article. Reporter Boroff does not consider it his job to label something good or bad; he is describing, not judging. Thus for the insider, his article will be amusing but not stimulating, a coverage, not a critique. Though it seems more could have been done in evaluating Harvard, Boroff's article provides a slick tapestry of our "well-mannered...