Word: grosse
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...gross irony that speech should desert the director who had virtually patented the theme of man's inability to communicate. Before he stroke he had addressed his lingering reputation with characteristic wryness: "I've always carried this 'incommunicability' around with me. But no one doubts that this incommunicability exists. If everyone attributes it to me, this means I communicated it. Therefore, I am not incommunicable...
...efforts to distinguish his awards from that other guy's, Kavli wouldn't mind borrowing a little pomp and circumstance. "When I received the Nobel Prize in 2004," says Gross, "I brought Fred to Stockholm as my guest. He sat there during the ceremony, furiously scribbling notes." Maybe the King of Norway will start personally handing out the Kavli awards. But with the King or without, these new prizes and institutes are likely to make such a splash that it won't be long before the most important man in science you've never heard of becomes a household name...
Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross '71, who will step down at the end of the month, announced the Kirshners’ resignation in an e-mail to Quincy residents Wednesday. The news came as a surprise to many, as the Kirshners sent an e-mail to the house community on June 5 saying that they were "looking forward to next year, fully refreshed and eager to plunge back in to House life...
...mail sent by Gross, the Kirshners were quoted as saying that while they "loved living in Quincy House and working with Harvard's lively undergraduates," that their sabbatical had "reminded us of the simple pleasures of private life and the joy that comes from concentrating on our scientific and creative careers...
...Gross, for his part, credited the Kirshners with introducing "a number of student activities" and presiding over the remodeling of much of the house...