Word: fitful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...THESE DAYS when the very foundations of the Republic are crumbling, scholars at this University have a double obligation--to themselves and their fellow citizens of all races and creeds--to pursue their studies diligently. It is therefore to be regretted that an otherwise worthy publication recently saw fit to sponsor a so-called "Television Trivia Quiz" whose only purpose was to seduce these students from their rightful duties into the paths of sloth represented by Channel Four and the like...
...been accused of manipulating the news, or at least of an occasional lack of candor. The press wants to know everything, preferably before it happens and preferably handed to it on a silver platter. Presidents and their Administrations naturally want to feed out information as they see fit, preferably in such a way as to make them look good. Last week Richard Nixon, who has always had trouble with the press, set up a system to cushion or deflect this inevitable conflict, which is inevitably known as the credibility...
...called "garden fresh." In Minneapolis, broiled rock lobster tails turn into "Queen of Hearts"; in Los Angeles, capon becomes "Tower of London"; in New York, string beans metamorphose into "Long Johns." The Hawaiian Hut in Portland, Me., offers its Special Tiki Chicken on this verbal platter: "Truly a dish fit for the gods-beyond description." But any diner could describe it easily-chicken with bean sprouts...
...tenable parallel, as has been suggested, between the rights of students and of the military to form organizations on campus. Student groups are wholly within the control of people at Harvard, and these groups have the freedom to act and to represent themselves as their members see fit. But military organizations here are entirely controlled outside; they are simply not a part of Harvard, and have no right to represent themselves as though they were. If the personnel department of General Motors proposed a plan by which it would form a permanent recruiting organization within Harvard with the right...
Most of Mirko's works could fit into a Radcliffe cubicle, and his thoughts and interests and forms by now seem traditional. The uniqueness of his sculpture is one of expressed personality and artistic choices, not fundamental conception...