Word: foregoes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ironically, Patullo recognizes that Universities have more in common with churches than they do with factories. But he is willing to allow universities to forego their traditional moral and intellectually broadening roles for the sake of that greater economics and social rationalization that is narrowing function of the churches to the point of non-existence. Of course, universities "are socially created and serve social purposes," but to serve more slavishly the purpose of a decaying society spiritual impotence and institutional extinction. Harvard's mode of instruction may be outdated; its sexist and elitist values are outdated. The answer...
...student, for example, proposed that fifty freshmen be allowed to forego all distribution and concentration requirements. He asked for funds to set up a system for coordinating their programs and providing them with advisers. Having submitted the plan to Bok, Dean Whitlock, et al. last December 13, he hoped to begin working in early April if funds were authorized. After some confusion as to the proposal's subsequent whereabouts, the plan was next located in Whitlock's office on April 27. At that time, Whitlock's recommendations on the idea had not yet been forwarded to Bok for consideration...
...University possibly expect resident tutors to take seriously the responsibilities of the job, when they are being asked not only to forego an element of their compensation but as well to pay for meals which, from a financial, to say nothing of a digestive, viewpoint, they might prefer to take elsewhere...
Vietnam veteran John Kerry urged antiwar protesters Saturday to forego further demonstrations and concentrate instead on defeating President Nixon at the polls...
...PALC-Afro demands--endorsed by the Thursday meeting in its enthusiasm--do not reflect the complexity of the present situation. Harvard can not promise to avoid "racist imperialist economic ventures in the future"--it can only hope to forego the worst of them. Similarly, while the occupiers are right to demand that Harvard reinvest in the community, until specific, income-producing instances are cited (after all, there are still those teaching fellows to feed) the sentiment remains Quixotic...