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...answering machine. Perhaps the most difficult listening environment is a noisy party or restaurant gathering, where many people are talking at once and the clatter of dishes adds to the cacophony. To reduce the background noise and focus on the conversation at hand, Bernstein uses a tiny direct-audio-input microphone connected by wire to her hearing aids...
Other councillors attacked Harvard as an "arrogant neighbor" that disregards elected officials' input. Councillor Marjorie C. Decker likened the Harvard Corporation--the University's small, secretive governing body--to "a realtor and developer...
Other councillors attacked Harvard as an "arrogant neighbor" that disregards elected officials' input. Councillor Marjorie C. Decker likened the Harvard Corporation--the University's small, secretive governing body--to "a realtor and developer...
...have misjudged the Corporation's commitment to student welfare and its members' interest in student input. For all we know, every question the candidates faced concerned the welfare of undergraduates. But the process the Corporation has overseen smacks more of a fear of what students might say if included meaningfully in the process--a fear that perhaps should be expected from Stone, who has been publicly dismissive of the "kids" the University aims to educate...
Moreover, a climate that encourages participation would also have improved the quality of the search. In 1970, when lists were released, the search committee received 1,200 names of possible candidates. In this search, when outside input was largely shunned, only 400 names were sent in. We do not doubt Summers' qualifications, but it is clearly in the University's interest that the search be as wide-ranging as possible...