Word: gain
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...expects the work of the committee to be easy. But the group is dedicated and keeps in mind that just as they are now partially reaping the benefits of the work accomplished by the workers of 1908, future Harvard students will gain from their efforts. As one committee member says. "We're doing this for our granddaughters...
When everything was said and done at the qualifying round for divers held at Cornell University this past weekend, Crimson sophomore Jamie Greacen and junior Mike Total performed well enough to gain admission to the NCAA diving championships to be held at Cleveland State on March...
...development, and I do not wish to become obsolete." There is little danger of that, for Jones applies the same tactic to his teaching. Says he: "The largest part of teaching law is learning law. Then it's essentially a matter of reconstructing how I was able to gain a particular insight or understand a particular problem, and then presenting it to the students in a way that will enable them to get over the same difficulties. The best way to teach law is to have students who are asking the right questions. I press students to perform...
...tactic of the ruling group in any society to maintain its dominance is to deny oppressed groups the opportunity to understand their own culture and to gain knowledge of their own worth. This rings true at Harvard as well as in the larger society; the dominant group consists of white, upper class males, and it was members of this group, the Harvard Administration, which tried to prevent the establishment of a department in Afro-American Studies, and is still trying to whittle that department down...
...report of the curriculum committee's subcommittee on the evaluation of medical education recommends that students be asked to detail the academic knowledge or clinical experience they gain in each course, and how they are exposed to it, Dean K. Whitla, a member of the subcommittee, said yesterday...