Word: doubted
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Faculty complain that Summers is intimidating, and there is no doubt that he can be. Complaints that he has silenced people, however, need to be rounded out. He seems not yet to have fully found his way in making the transition from faculty member to President, and, alas, the two are not the same; criticism from the President feels different than criticism from a colleague. But that is different from refusing to tolerate dissent. I’ve crossed swords with him in more than one setting, and while being criticized directly and forcefully by the President can be unnerving...
...members are hoping that an expression of Faculty disapproval will lead to his departure. The Crimson indicates that some faculty are motivated by their objections to his recent remarks, some by opposition to a flow of power from FAS to the center, some by other complaints, still others no doubt by all of the above. Much has been said about how he can improve his leadership. But the Faculty may wish to consider not merely how it regards Summers but also how others will regard collective Faculty efforts to force him out. Some would say that the Faculty was trying...
...atmosphere” in Cambridge. Professor of Sociology and Department Chair Mary C. Waters described tenured academics “held hostage to fear,” insisting that their dissenting e-mails be destroyed before being read by a University president powerless to fire them. Cruel punishments, no doubt, await Rabb Professor of Anthropology and Department Chair Arthur Kleinman, who swore openly to “show the public that we are not cowards, we are not spineless, and we are not with you.” Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology Theda Skocpol spoke darkly...
...you’ve ever enjoyed his work, you’ll no doubt savor “Hell Yes” and its garishly fluorescent video. An animated Beck dances awkwardly while singing about East L.A., anvils and skeletons, gleefully lamenting either lost love or the passing of Megaman...
...have never been sufficiently tested on maturing minds and bodies? There was certainly not enough evidence to prove that Zoloft caused Christopher Pittman to commit murder, as antidepressants have so far been related to suicidal ideation and not violence. This absence of the link between antidepressants and violence no doubt contributed to the jury’s guilty verdict. But because of the lack of clinical trials demonstrating their effects on children, it is also not necessarily possible to conclude that the antidepressant had absolutely no effect on his developing brain. Ultimately, the jury had to make an extremely serious...