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...decision. I think it can be agreed that this idea is not without factual basis. Often, it is this aspect of academia that lends itself to Harvard's prestige, to its reputation as an institution of great learning and to increasing its financial resources. Should this be the main criterion for awarding tenure? Is it not possible to say that a person's teaching abilities are of vital importance to those people who crowd the halls of Sever, Emerson and Jefferson? Consequently, can it not be said that students should and must be involved in the process of awarding tenure...

Author: By Yijaya Ramachandran, | Title: Democratizing the Tenure System | 12/2/1983 | See Source »

...squalls that might stir up those placid waters. The result is rather like a nice day at the beach: nothing wrong with it, but nothing much you can remember about it either. Sheer inoffensiveness should not be enough to recommend a film; if that is one's only criterion, better to stay home and read Barbara Pym, who achieves that goal with wit and style to spare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: School Hols | 11/28/1983 | See Source »

...many Grenadians applauded the invasion, at least initially. That slippery rationale, however, could be used to justify invading any one of a number of countries in Latin America or elsewhere. Indeed, when Shultz made that argument on Capitol Hill, one black Congressman snapped, "Hell, if that's the criterion, the Marines should be sent into my district...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weighing the Proper Role | 11/7/1983 | See Source »

...tumult represented by the press and pressure groups." Presumably these polls prompt conciliatory gestures like Reagan's appointment of Henry Kissinger. But, as a White House friend told Lou Harris, whatever accommodations Reagan makes on domestic issues, in foreign policy he does not use "a criterion of political advantage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newswatch Thomas Griffith: Hype and Macho Rhetoric | 9/12/1983 | See Source »

...just the two years he was MVP of the National League, Morgan was the whirlwind in Cincinnati's Big Red Machine, and over his 21-year career he has been the most powerful and productive second baseman since Rogers Hornsby. Morgan meets the simplest Hall of Fame criterion. He was the best second baseman of his era. Even in his dotage, Morgan showed others how to win. Possibly 'his enthusiasm for canonizations is affected by a premonition that Morgan's and Rose's silent partner in Cincinnati and Philadelphia, Tony Perez, will be overlooked as usual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: As Good as Anyone Ever | 8/22/1983 | See Source »

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