Word: harkens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...harken back to a happier time, if only for explantation's sake. In the 1940s then-President James B. Conant '14 initiated a reform of Harvard's undergraduate curriculum; his subsequent report, "General Education in a Free Society," eventually led to the adoption of a set of requirements that each student would have to take, in addition to courses in his or her concentration. The scheme was simple, at least on the surface: the range of disciplines was divided into the Social Sciences. Natural Sciences and Humanities (affectionately known as Soc Sci, Nat Sci and Hum), with the Committee...
...been shot down, and if not, then it will be before sunset." Favaloro, recalled from his home base in Argentina to deliver one of the session's two principal lectures, made an impassioned, hour-long argument for bypass surgery on properly selected patients. Commented Boston Heart Surgeon Dwight Harken: "Any doubt as to the efficacy and desirability of bypass surgery has now suffered sudden death...
...OPEC in the Saudi-led move. But the development was a rare break in the cartel's ranks. The back-door price increase should above all remind consuming nations that high oil bills are a fact for the present, and should fortify their conservation efforts. Still, as consumers harken to Secretary Kissinger's contention that the cartel can be weakened through conservation and cooperation, the new dissent in the OPEC tent could be a faintly heartening omen...
...comments harken back to The Game two years ago, when the Crimson loaded six defenders onto the line of scrimmage in a successful attempt to stifle Yale's spectacular backfield. Though the specifics can't be released, something similar may be in the offing for this year's version...