Word: generous
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...losing John Coolidge we have been deprived of a good friend, a fine scholar, a generous teacher," President Neil L. Rudenstine said in a statement. "When I first met him in the early 1960s, he was encouraging graduate students and junior faculty members to view the Fogg as a place to pursue their interest in [for example] Frank Stella, Jackson Pollock, Anthony Caro, and Kenneth Noland--as well as in the Mannerists, in 20th-century photographers, and in Dutch and Flemish print makers. This wise eclectic spirit nurtured the Museum, and infused the Department, in a way that allowed individuals...
Jerome Kagan, the Strach professor of psychology, called Wylie "a gentle, perceptive, and very wise scholar. He was generous in his interactions, he had a good sense of humor and he was greatly admired by his students. We will miss...
Whatever happens, no one doubts the teaching hospitals will survive. Besides revenues that in some cases compare favorably with those of Fortune 500 corporations -- the Mayo Foundation in 1993 took in $1.6 billion -- many also have generous endowments. But will they purchase institutional survival by lowering the standards of excellence in care, training and research that have been their fundamental reason for existence? Some experts are deeply worried. "We're coming close to the edge of impacting quality," says Dr. Michael O'Sullivan, chairman of Mayo's regional-practice board. That may sound like the standard whine of anyone threatened...
Although our society talks a lot about the importance of a solid family, it seems that many high-powered companies do everything they can to prevent their workers from spending time with their spouses and children. More companies need to include children as part of their plan, by allowing generous maternity leaves, creating in-house daycare centers and being sympathetic to couples with small children. A teacher I know says that when she plans the year's classes for her department, she gives first priority for free periods late in the day to teachers with small children at home...
Then there are those who think the Indians are just imitating art--a rather generous term for the 1989 movie Major League. Playing on the preposterous notion that the Indians win the pennant, the flick features such characters as Willie Mays Hayes (Wesley Snipes), Wild Thing (Charlie Sheen) and Pedro Serrano (Dennis Haysbert), a Caribbean slugger who worships an idol called Jobu. Well, center fielder Lofton has lived up to the Willie Mays part, with 77 stolen bases, 77 runs batted in and a .345 batting average in 162 games over the past two seasons. Reliever Mesa has taken...