Word: interests
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Cover, Thinking about the invitation from the dean of the Yale Law School, the 24-year-old instructor at Columbia University hardly knew what to make of it. Apparently the eminent dean, of whom he had scarcely heard, had taken some interest in an article the instructor had written touching on the law of evidence. Anyhow, it was a chance for a notable meeting that the young philosopher had no intention of missing. Putting on his most sedate black suit and black hat, he set out for New Haven to call on the distinguished gentleman who should, he thought, turn...
...symphonies (of the composer's massive crop of 104) were released by three different companies. From Boston's Haydn Society, on three LP records (6 sides) came seven which are seldom heard, performed with more spunk than spirit by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Sternberg. Most interesting of the seven: Haydn's First, composed when he was 27, and his Thirteenth ("Jupiter"), which seems to reflect his happiness with his new job as musicmaker at the Esterhazys, a job he held for 30 years. Also of particular interest: No. 48 ("Maria Theresa"), which heralds the arrival...
Admittedly, this is not the case for all students, but it is what happens to a great majority of concentrators in fields where knowledge of a foreign language is unnecessary for undergraduates. They haven't the slightest interest in learning a language and forget most of it immediately after they get a grade of 594 or better on the examination...
...group. We felt the Council was strengthened by being able to draft capable men to serve on it, most of whom would never have sought or achieved elective office. I think it fair and realistic to say that many of the talented men at Harvard haven't any great interest in student politics. To say they should have, and organize the Council as if they did, is to beg the issue; and that is what the present Constitution does...