Word: extracurricular
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...social value of research and the importance of the scholar's role, the only people who should be at Harvard are willing apprentices to the great minds. Patullo suggests choosing a smaller undergraduate body, academically able, but also having definite motivation toward academic pursuit. Don't worry about extracurricular life, he assures us. There are bound to be would be scholars interested also in journalism and sports...
...remark about the fellows being in a "no-man's land" between students and faculty was not intended as a criticism of the program but was in response to a question from your reporter about my participation in graduate student extracurricular organizations...
Cartmell's extracurricular activities don't leave much time for his academic career. Resting under a letter from a Smith girl and The Times Sunday sports page is Cartmell's latest exam book from Be 38. A "D" graces the cover. Most--undergraduates take five courses for their first three years and only four in their senior year. Do to extenuating circumstances, Cartmell has to take six courses his last year. "There was a doan here a couple of years ago," said one of Cartmell's friends, "who didn't see eye-to-eye with Cartmell's academic program...
...15th game proved a refreshing respite from the week's extracurricular infighting. Fischer, playing black, again fell behind in the early going. Then, beginning with a daring pawn sacrifice on his 28th move, he engaged Spassky in a furious battle that equalized their forces. Playing brilliantly under fire, Spassky countered with a checkmating threat that after 43 moves forced each player to accept one-half point for a draw. That gave Fischer a 9-6 lead (he needs 12½ points to win the match, Spassky needs 12) and led Arpad Elo, official statistician for the World Chess Federation...
...Label costs upwards of $30 a fifth, the government allowed the delegates to buy three bottles of whisky a week in a duty-free store that was opened for them and increased that ration for parties. One African delegate joked that UNCTAD had set up still another committee, "the extracurricular-activities committee, and it is the busiest...