Word: efforts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...make headway without fullscale war. To whites, America is an unreliable ally, which must be drawn in on their side in the fight against the liberation movement. More and more, South African government officials describe apartheid-ruled South Africa as Africa's last hold-out against Marxism, in an effort to woo American support for their position. Always they ask, both blacks and whites, what the U.S. will do when it comes down to the wire, whether it will intervene, and on which side. Cyrus Vance is in Pretoria this weekend discussing Namibia, so the question is particularly relevant. Unfortunately...
...Class of 1979, in celebration of its 25headed the drive to build Harvard Stadium; and with thesupport of its $100,000 fund-raising effort, the $310,000,23,000-seat structure came into being on November 14, 1903,as Harvard lost to Dartmouth, 11-0, in the monument'sdedicatory contest...
...Lawrence R. Frisoli to take the chair. Danehy leans back in Frisoli's seat, winks and is recognized by Frisoli. Standing, Danehy approaches two representatives from the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority [MBTA], and begins accusing them of ignorance and deception in dealing with the citizens of Cambridge throughout their effort to extend the Red Line past Harvard Square. Danehy's voice begins to shake--he clenches his fists--and he begins banging on the table the MBTA people are sitting...
...true victim of the publications race, many argue, is the undergraduate. Junior faculty cannot afford to devote too much time to teaching, because every hour spent teaching is an hour lost to research. And despite pronouncements that tenure appointments will take teaching into account, junior faculty know any effort they put into teaching must be for its intrinsic rewards, for it will not sway tenure decisions. "Administrators just pay teaching lip-service--publications count ten times as much, and it effects undergraduate education. Harvard students are neglected students, talented, interesting people who often have never talked to a member...
...Good is not a scholarly master-piece. But the authors have done a competent job of rewriting conventional history from a feminist perspective. Their book is a valuable contribution to popular literature, and they should be applauded for this ambitious effort. Maybe next time they'll be more successful...