Word: correctives
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think varsity athletics at Harvard receive too much emphasis, too little emphasis, or the correct amount of emphasis...
Beren's new attitude, which emphasizes non competition and constant introspection, took shape as he struggled with the dietary disorder that forced him out of competition this semester. A drastic switch to a no-fat natural food regime caused a sudden weight loss that Beren was unable to correct. But the Kansas native says his change of heart stems from a far more complex process of disenchantment with high-pressure tennis and status-seeking. He credits several courses he took this year, including Dr. Robert Coles. "The Literature of Social Reflection," for making him aware of unhappiness he had previously...
...look for people for whom a year of Harvard education it is assumed will enrich and enhance their further work." Heimert says, adding, "For those people the assumption has proved correct...
However the undergraduates who helped the Faculty Council in its discussion of these issues confidently assured the Council that a clear understanding of what sort of behavior was acceptable would foster an atmosphere of trust more conducive to appropriate individual contact. In the long run they may be correct but I worry about the near future...
Pepysians began talking about a new, correct and complete edition as long ago as 1926, but the labors of retranscribing and annotating the 1.3 million-word text were heroic. The first three volumes finally appeared, to general huzzas, in 1970; the last volume of Pepys' text appeared in 1976, to even louder applause...