Word: idealizations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Despite the success, Peterson never seriouslyconsidered going anywhere other than Harvard. WithBernal, then the coach of the Crimson, and hisacademic priorities firmly fixed, Peterson sawHarvard as the ideal school for him to blendathletics with regular college life...
Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57, who announced Nathans' appointment, says the new administrator has an ideal background...
...idealist," Wofford says. "The nature of an ideal is that you don't achieve it in this world. I believe in following ideas where they lead, and they may lead into disappointment. I'm realistic about that...
Those who want to erase the character of the houses should have thought about the ill effects of their utopian ideal. With student choice, a house can build a staff of tutors to cater to the needs of its particular community and thus shape its students intellectual lives...
Tutoring, in its ideal form, is not an easy job, and I have been told that recruiting capable tutors is difficult. This I understand. But if this is the case, perhaps it is time for abandoning the system altogether. As it is now, there is a certain fixed number of spaces for tutors to be filled each year. Why not be more flexible and hire only those tutors who seem capable of living up to their commitments...