Word: enjoyments
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mamet has a fresher approach to the politics of image and empty rhetoric. He equates Ronald Reagan's feeble explanations of the Iran arms-for-hostages deal with the answers of parents whose fogginess hides an implied threat: "If you want to remain a child, if you want to enjoy the privilege of life without fear, do not judge...
...such that we have to stop thinking in conventional terms. Perhaps there will be a Soviet confederation of some sort, much looser than what there is now, with some new form of associated statehood for the Baltic republics. Georgia and some of the other more nationally defined republics could enjoy a much more independent status within the Soviet confederation. If they don't have that, then they will have to have some form of Great Russian nationalist dictatorship. I think Gorbachev is trying to persuade the non-Russian nations that they have to accept some form of yet undefined pluralism...
...this opportunity to re-examine either itself or education in general. Both are replete with problems, a serious review might have been a perfect birthday gift--from Harvard to its students, faculty, alumni and staff, and to the educators worldwide who view this university as a model for excellence. Enjoy your party, Harvard. But forgive us, if you will, for thinking beyond the celebration. Classes, thankfully, begin in a few weeks...
...government of national understanding" contains 10 Communists, two of whom enjoy opposition support, seven non-party members and two members each from the small Socialist and People's parties, which recently broke with the Communists...
...knowledge and lecturing ability, but that does not suffice to teach students effectively. Sections are a large part of the learning experience in such courses, but many courses seem to dump teaching fellows indiscriminately on their students with little concern for the outcome. If the University wants people to enjoy and become interested in the sciences, there need to be more teachers hired with quality teaching skills and an ability to communicate their excitement with the subject matter. TF's and CA's at Harvard almost always know their subject thoroughly and are talented thinkers, but a student is just...