Word: concerning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...simplicity and informality of University 17 disguises the weight of concern and responsibility present in the offices of the Admissions and Scholarship Committee on the two floors above. Here decisions are made which will affect not only Harvard's student body, but the composition of other Ivy League colleges, and of public and private secondary schools across the nation...
...university's primary concern is not for the results of engineering, nor for science as an instrument of technology," according to Pussy, "but rather, essentially, for science as an intellectual pursuit whose compelling motive is simply the desire to know...
Such an attitude, which has often been missing in this country because of a sweeping concern for "practicality," links science with the humanities in the tradition of European universities...
...speaks, Seeger's voice registers two distinctly different tones. When he reminisces about his life, or discusses the historical aspect of folk music, it is matter-of-fact. But whenever he talks of his concern for peace and understanding, or his faith in mankind, he seems to project himself onto the concert stage: his voice becomes resonant and sincere. He is like a universal lover pleading with the world to 'believe in me, for I speak the truth...
Segal's sentiment was seconded by Barney Frank '61, who stressed the Council's "legitimate concern" in keeping itself fully informed of HAS policies in order to "look out for students' interests...