Word: harvard
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Government, one of the 22 Americans, spent the past academic year at Moscow University. He and his wife lived in the 30-story skyscraper dormitory that forms the heart of the university. Azrael studied Russian newspaper files and was permitted to interview a few Soviet industrial managers for a Harvard doctoral dissertation on the impact of industrialization under the first two Five Year Plans. Mrs. Azrael studied the Russian language and taught English privately to a Moscow schoolboy...
...university participates in intercollegiate athletics. "It is interesting to note that at Moscow, the best university in the Soviet Union, as at Harvard, the best university in the United States, the athletic teams almost always lose," Azrael says...
Ward areas have also been designed for maximum efficiency. The 26 rooms, which normally contain one or two beds, can, during epidemics, hold two or three beds. On the fourth floor, which will serve as the Harvard infirmary, the normal capacity of 74 beds can be easily expanded to 120. By contrast, Stillman Infirmary cannot hold more than 80 patients without serious crowding problems...
...prepared statement, President Pusey declared himself "deeply saddened to learn of the death of Bernard Berenson, a distinguished son of Harvard whose gracious presence and confident taste have greatly influenced art and letters...
Speculation is rising as to how Berenson intended Harvard to use the villa. Probably, though, the collection will be utilized primarily by graduate students in the humanities who have already decided on their life studies. When the will is opened, the details of Berenson's wishes will be known and at that time University officials will likely make further statements clarifying their plans for the estate...