Word: commons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...houses also play a role for faculty members, and senior common rooms should have a life of its own [apart from students.] There are very few opportunities for faculty members of different levels and different departments to get together," says Leverett House Master John E. Dowling...
...house masters and administrators agree that the senior common room should play a role in students' lives as well those of the faculty, so most masters invite undergraduates to at least some SCR events...
...faculty dinners, where studentsinvite the professor of their choice to dinner,they proved very popular and many other houseshave picked up the tradition. "It is a moreeffective way of getting students and facultymembers together," says North House Master J.Woodland Hastings, because the students andfaculty members already have something in common...
...cast of supporting players are meticulously connected to the larger forces that are tearing a society to shreds. Although the CIA and its people make mistakes, they are not the villains of the piece. Rogers' innocence rests in his belief that he and his country can apply reasonableness and common sense to a situation they do not understand. History does not bear out that assumption, and neither does this disturbing novel...
...investors, any increase in interest rates makes stocks less attractive, since higher returns become available for bonds, Treasury bills and other fixed-income securities. During the two trading days after the Fed announced its decision, the Dow Jones industrial average dropped 54 points. Admits Gramley: "A common problem is the markets do not understand Alan Greenspan's statements. He needed to express ((the Fed's decision)) more clearly...