Word: dullness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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WITH its plain white cover and official seal, the pamphlet from the Senate Subcommittee on National Security and International Operations looked as dull and uninviting as any other Government document. Even the Government Printing Office has its sleepers, however, and Of Specialists and Generalists quickly became the hottest item in Washington. A 71-page compilation of commentary from ancient and modern thinkers, it deals with the question of which is preferable: the specialist with expertise in one field, or the generalist, with broader, if shallower, wisdom. In an age where much rests on the judgment of public men, the question...
Students from a Soc. Rel. 136 section yesterday transformed the dull, dark brown plywood wall concealing Harvard Hall into an bit of psychedelia...
...worst of which occurred at Columbia soon after Barzun completed his manuscripts. He is noticeably cool to student rioters, although he sympathizes with some of their protests. So many professors are busy with activities outside the classroom, he says, that they have become guilty of slipshod teaching, poor preparation, dull lectures, careless assignments, late markings and a cavalier attitude that eventually justifies the anger of revolutionary undergraduates at a depersonalized system...
...looking for dull reading, Dean Ford's annual Faculty budget report is usually a good bet. Although the budget plays a big role in deciding such vital matters as tuition hikes and course offerings, few undergraduates ever see it. Fewer still would read it if they could see it full of mind-numbing statistics and confusing classifications, the report is rough going for students who aren't skilled in bookkeeping...
Dear World--A dull musical with nothing to recommend it except the beautiful Angela Lansbury. Jerry Herman wrote the unhelpful score. Pre-Broadway tryout at the COLONIAL...