Word: explaining
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There was little rejoicing by the Dutch government. Looking somber and tired, Prime Minister Joop den Uyl appeared on television to explain that "violence proved necessary to put an end to the hostage seizure" because weeks of negotiations with the hijackers had reached an impasse. Justice Minister Andreas van Agt, who with the prime Minister headed the crisis team dealing with the terrorists, made his own appeal for understanding of the difficult decision. "I beseech you to believe there was no other way," he said at a press conference. "We tried everything-every path of dialogue that there might...
...possible misconceptions about Harvard life may also explain why Harvard enjoys more recruiting success in some sports than others. Some sports, coaches note, need less of a hardsell than others, and therefore Harvard is able to get by with its low-key approach. Kevin Mackey, basketball coach at Don Bosco Technical High School in Boston, says "suburban sports" such as football and tennis are more likely to attract students who are interested in the long-term benefits of an Ivy League education. Other athletes need to be sold harder, he says: "Basketball, for instance, with few exceptions, is a game...
...present complex ideas on a sophisticated but understandable level. As with his science, Wald's teaching is not separated from his politics. In Natural Sciences 5. "The Nature of Living Things" (yes, he enjoys teaching undergraduates), Wald once burned a dollar bill during lecture and asked the class to explain his action on the final exam. During another lecture, Wald talked about a student in the course who had spent a considerable part of his spring reading period in a New Hampshire jail for protesting against nuclear power plant construction in Seabrook, N.H. Wald then told the class to help...
Recruitment and outreach programs help to explain the large number of women and minorities, Ira A. Jackson '70, associate dean of the Kennedy School, said yesterday. "The talent is there, and we don't have nearly enough minority representation, so we're not self-righteous," Jackson said...
...great-great-grandfather, who built the family fortune through an early ironworks and cannon manufactury for the Civil War. The sections on Stephan Evans, his father, his brother, and his own life before the campaign are mostly good, interesting stories, filled with evocative description; when taken together they help explain Mac and his attachment to Thomas Jefferson Shadwell...