Word: fitting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fit to criticize the school in his report--not scathing criticism but the hallowed case method of study came in for some hard knocks, and he called for more integration of research and teaching and the development of several new areas of business study. James Heskett, chairman of the Masters of Business Administration program, calls the report "a very good invitation to discussion," but few Business School officials expect many changes to come from it. Some, including many students, feel Bok's criticisms are unjustified...
...offered in the basic curriculum over the next several years. The Standing Committee on the Core has adhered strictly to the prescribed regimen, eliminating popular courses such as Fine Arts 13 and Music 1 in favor of more specific, thematic Core courses. Whether or not the courses fit the letter of the guidelines, students may glean some benefits from a meticulous course-by-course review by the Core committee. It is more important, however, that the principles at the heart of the Core continue to be scrutinized as well. The Faculty should show constant concern for undergraduate education, Core...
...picture of their mother. No picture of the car--the car she had let him have when he left home--he fit the hose over the exhaust pipe and draped the other end up through a cracked window into the back seat. Then he edged into the front seat, locked the doors, and turned the car on. It had run out of gas by the time a neighbor found him that afternoon. The wallet was open...
...racist political arrangements and blacks were getting a piece of the pie. The pie was shrinking, because the paper mill had closed half its operations and moved them to a new, non-union mill. The safety nets were fraying, because parents were finding their leftover male/female roles didn't fit with two-breadwinner families, and other relatives were growing old and passing away. Families had moved, friends had scattered, gotten married, divorced. It was an old story, but one the kids had never heard...
...racist political arrangements and blacks were getting a piece of the pie. The pie was shrinking, because the paper mill had closed half its operations and moved them to a new, non-union mill. The safety nets were fraying, because parents were finding their leftover male/female roles didn't fit with two-breadwinner families, and other relatives were growing old and passing away. Families had moved, friends had scattered, gotten married, divorced. It was an old story, but one the kids had never heard...