Word: impetuses
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...combining the recommendations of several House committees must be considered a major problem in itself, since the impetus for reform has come from several groups holding very different views of education...
...adamantly oppose it. But again, there are many matters to consider. Dean May has indicated an interest in curricular and general educational reform: there may soon be talk about a General Studies major. A split in the Soc Rel Department, possibly "freeing" many undergraduates, could no doubt add considerable impetus to the establishment of such a program. But at the same time, because it would separate finally the interests of faculty and students, a Soc Rel split could strike a fatal blow to any lingering hopes of community among members of this university...
Harvard has always refused such requests in the past, arguing that letting the Patriots into the stadium even on a "temporary" basis would only slow up whatever impetus exists to build a new stadium, and would cause damage to the field and traffic congestion in the Allston area adjacent...
...that serial composition is not necessarily a constricting system available to uninspired journeymen, but a pregnant and energizing compositional discipline in the hands of a master such as Schoenberg, Berg, or Stravinsky. Mrs. Vosgerchian played the piece idiomatically, sensitive to the tonal resource of each note, the logical impetus of every rhythm, the grace of Stravinsky's complete conception. The Philharmonia contributed its finest playing in this performance. The slight touch of coarseness in the upper violins which occasionally intruded last year has been eliminated. My only complaint is that the solo oboe persists in playing half a dynamic...
...Impetus to Inflation. Toward the end of Martin's tenure, the Federal Reserve became rather too flexible. Between late 1966 and mid-1967, for example, it swung from expanding the money supply at a 1% annual rate to letting it grow at a 13.5% annual rate, then tightened it again. The last loosening occurred in the summer of 1968, and Martin now admits that it was a mistake that gave a fresh impetus to inflation...