Word: englishes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...when three weeks had gone by and still no word from the History, Government, English and Economics Departments, Bowersock began to wonder whether anyone was home in those tutorial offices. Finally, after several not-so-gentle-reminders, the results started coming in this week. History, Government and English managed to write up their memos, but apparently the Economics administrators had better things to do. An unidentified Economics secretary, left a phone message with Bowersock's secretary, sketchily answering half of Bowersock's questions. As it turned out, Donald Walls, head tutor of Economics, did not even know about the phone...
...give Walls credit; at least he is acquainted with the legislation. David Perkins, chairman of the English Department, when asked earlier this month whether all his professors would teach tutorials this year, declared: "What? The legislation doesn't require that. You go back and read it for yourself...
...Bowersock hasn't tackled the smaller departments yet, because "reasoning" with three big ones--Economics, History, and English--occupies much of his time. "It's like pulling teeth," Bowersock says morosely...
Students walked in and out of the conference room during the meeting and some shouted at the mayor and each other. "The meeting is total chaos," Mary Smith, a student at Boston English High School, said yesterday...
...number of students said they left the meeting early because they couldn't speak to the mayor. "The meeting is unorganized and I can't get a word in," Francessa Connolly, a junior at Boston English High School said as she walked out of city hall...