Word: firsthand
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Vocational counselling is one of the key things that a college can offer," Ginn said. "And in counselling, firsthand information is essential...
...Office of Career Services and Off-Campus Learning (OGCP), in an effort to increase the number of fields about which it can provide firsthand information, next week will make available to students the names of Harvard alumni engaged in unconventional occupations...
...alums are providing information in a lot of areas where we just don't have competence," he continued. "We're trying to tap a broader base of experience and gain firsthand knowledge in as many fields...
...church groups are responsible for this year's resolutions on southern Africa. Firsthand reports from southern African church leaders and from representatives of black African communities provide a major source of information for the churches' proxy statements...
...this genius of improvisation. Russell shows that Parker earned his place in jazz's pantheon by more than a shot of heroin. His talent was nurtured by hard work and an almost pathological concentration; Parker logged some 15,000 hours "woodshedding" (practicing). As he grew up, he heard firsthand all the important jazz artists who converged on his home town, Kansas City, Kans.: Count Basie, Hot Lips Page, Lester Young...