Word: gift
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...year older, but probably none the wiser. Despite recalling its birth as the beginning of higher education in America, the University sadly missed this opportunity to reexamine either itself or education in general. Both are replete with problems, and a serious review might have been a perfect birthday gift--from Harvard to its students, faculty and alumni and staff, and to the educators worldwide who view this university as a model for excellence...
...first-ever black student to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard, W.E.B. DuBois, Class of 1890, once said "black music is the greatest gift of this side of the seas...
...President Clinton accepted the gift of a dog, Buddy [PEOPLE, Dec. 22]. Eventually the media will begin to talk about racism, since Socks is mostly black. So far, no Republican Senator has demanded an investigation, but someone could file a conflict-of-interest suit on behalf of Socks (who will probably be represented by Johnnie Cochran). Then if Janet Reno refuses to appoint a special prosecutor, we'll be hearing about Buddygate all through 1998. Why would anyone want to be President? CAROL L. KING Sunnyvale, Calif...
Stewart co-sponsored an unsuccessful amendment to the grants package that would have denied retroactive funding for the promotion of last year's Alternative Senior Gift Fund, which enabled some seniors to both support the College and voice their concerns about its lack of Faculty diversity...
...this picture is accurate, I respectfully submit that something is terribly wrong with the process. Something is wrong when what we know to be true of Masten cannot be communicated to or impressed upon a president who must decide who is a risk, or, as in this case, a gift. --Lynn Wardley, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Stanford University