Word: heard
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There could also be political objections. The delineation of a set of standards requires that we as a faculty reach a consensus--which in turn might be read as imposing conformity or, even more fallaciously, as socializing our students on behalf of this country's "ruling classes." I have heard this view expressed by a few students, but I cannot accept its validity. The standards I have suggested do not represent or preclude any political point of view; indeed, they favor the broadening of sensibilities and the displacement of conventional wisdom by critical thinking...
...appearance with HRO last year have largely disappeared. Ma's electric stage presence and romantic approach, meanwhile, provided an ideal vehicle for the concerto and complemented Chang's hard lustre perfectly; he can do things with a cello, as Harvard audiences must recognize by now, that have to be heard to be believed. In tandem, the duo created a rich, fiery texture, particularly in the frequent double-stopped passages which almost duplicated a string quartet sound...
...white man's rules that have victimized my people for almost two centuries?" "Am I copping out?" "Why must I divorce myself from my culture, which I am most certainly asked to do in order to fit in and succeed on the white man's terms?" When these students heard their home, their families, their people, their heritage thrown so heedlessly into the categories of "disadvantaged," "underprivileged," they began to feel that instead of being given an opportunity to learn and participate freely within the mainstream of society, as it was called, they were being asked to abandon, disassociate themselves...
...Smoking. Russians, like Americans, are finding it difficult to change their ways. Despite the ukase against smoking, Moscow restaurant patrons argue loudly when asked to put out their cigarettes. When nonsmokers protest the presence of a smoker at a nearby table, some managers insist that they have not even heard of the new rule. The manager of a collective farm near Timashevskaya in southern Russia chain-smoked furiously while entertaining TIME Correspondent Marsh Clark in a canteen where signs were posted, warning of the perils of smoking...
...Detroit's Cobo Hall was an unprecedented gathering of representatives of the U.S. Roman Catholic hierarchy and the church's grass roots: 110 bishops meeting openly in discussion with 1,230 priests, nuns and laity. Said Egan: "The voice of the church is about to be heard through these delegates...