Word: developement
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Then, in the first few months here, everybody comes perilously close to being a Nobody, and problems develop. Nobody here is impressed by the fact that they go to Harvard. Having gotten accustomed to dealing with life from the standpoint of being The Best, a lot of Harvard freshmen immediately lose their focus when they come here. They no longer have any distinguishing characterisitcs...
Each dorm will develop its own personality and reputation. Dorm rivalries usually start with traditional cries of "Holworthy sucks" and end with a couple of water balloon fights, mob scenes and a moderate form of chaos on some warm October night when there's nothing better...
...additional built-in features of the Harvard experience that mean that womanhood, on top of personhood, can be a complicating factor in making your peace with Harvard. Living with sexism is not an expectation that many of us bring to freshman registration. A consciousness of it tends to develop only gradually, checked ironically enough by such things as fear of failure, the love-it-or-leave-it dogma, the feeling that a Radcliffe woman should have the inner stuff to take on every aspect of Harvard...
...Fellers-appointed investigating committee. Final tally: one justice impeached and removed, two convicted of income tax evasion, and one dead before action could be taken. "Out of that emerged a number of judicial reforms," recalls Fellers. Now, he says, "Watergate has supplied the momentum for the profession to develop a deeper appreciation of their responsibilities as attorneys." Perhaps so, after the lawyers take their leis...
Nixon virtually ignored his Cabinet. Ford promises to restore its power and influence. Most important, the Administration should be able to develop once again a coherent legislative policy. The leftover Nixon legislative program is a shambles. There is no energy policy. Attempts at a foreign trade bill, welfare reform and land-use legislation have bogged down. In what promises to be a protracted honeymoon period, and the President undistracted by scandal, such programs can presumably be pushed forward again...