Word: floorful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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John Doerr. On a clear day, Doerr can look down from his 35th-floor corner office in Embarcadero Center on the sailboats plying San Francisco Bay. Taking in the view may be the only truly restful thing that Doerr, 34, normally ever does. He has been a relentless overachiever since he joined the blue-chip San Francisco venture capital firm of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 1980. Three years later Doerr became one of five general partners (there are seven today). Among the companies that he has spotted for investment are Cypress Semiconductor, Sun Microsystems and Businessland, all Silicon Valley...
...other panelists each spoke for a couple of minutes after the film, and then Cavell opened the floor up for questions. The other participants were Robert Gardner '48, directer of the Carpenter Center; Alfred F. Guzzetti, chairman of the Visual and Environmental Studies Department; Vlada K. Petric, curator of the Harvard Film Archive; screenwriter and film critic William D. Rothman; and Charles Warren '69, lecturer on history and literature...
...songs sound punchy all right, real straight-ahead, pedal-to-the-floor rock with no fancy instrumentation, just the sort of thing to come floating back from the window of a car that is moving too fast in the passing lane. Simple, direct, traditional, without the calculated callowness of retro rock. Despite the modest claims of Neumann and Llanas, the echoes of the BoDeans' music cut past the surface calm. These tunes have a strong undertow...
...debate the issue openly with members of our community who disagree. Rather than trying to influence an election where some candidates are running on a pro-divestment platform, Harvard should listen to alumni on this issue. And, the Overseers, rather than being afraid to debate that issue on the floor of their meetings, should welcome the opportunity to open their minds through discussion of the issue. It would probably liven up that petrified body...
...since late last year that the camera shop, Ferranti-Dege, is illegally using a residential unit in the building. Residents said supplies are transported from apartment 209 to the shop below. In March, Harvard filed eviction papers with the board in order to remove Ferranti-Dege from the second-floor apartment...