Word: considerable
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More than 25 years ago, Douglas Bryant came to Cambridge to work as an administrative assistant in the University library system. Today, as the only man ever to hold simultaneously the positions of University Librarian and Director of the University Library, Bryant has left more of a mark on what...
Bryant has served under three different presidents, and the record of his tenure is, in the words of one longtime staffer, "beyond remarkable." He's built a library staff, which he ceaselessly praises as the most committed and competent in the nation, that has kept Harvard in the fore of...
The book introduces seven formally related dialogues, conversations between distant and disembodied voices that lapse into parallel monologues and back again. None really work, although "The New Music," an allegory of lost innocence and hopes of renewal, comes closest. As Samuel Johnson pointed out, stories must be readable before anything...
In Washington to support legislation for boxing reforms, Sportscaster Howard Cosell paused to pontificate on sports shortcomings. The master of multisyllabicism and monotone was particularly exercised by the overriding "syndrome" that winning is everything. This, harrumphed Howard, was all the fault of sportswriters. "Before we ever televised a game, the...
The Kennedy School did not review ARCO's legal record or consider the possibility that future crimes by the company could bring Harvard disrepute. This may prove a serious oversight. Through the years, ARCO has been accused many times of willful violations of the law (see inset for charges and...