Word: keens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...discrepancy between the Harvard Hell of the Crimson editorial page and the place almost everyone wants to come back to requires some perspective on the institution. The most convincing argument I've heard is that of Assistant Dean John Marquand, a University functionary since 1970 who has a keen interest in undergraduate society--in and out of the classroom. An administrator who goes out of his way to meet and assist students. Marquand believes that Harvard suffers from the unreasonably high expectations of students who come here anticipating the best education on earth and instant gratification in every endeavor. Once...
...maverick tendencies and keen political insight, McCall was best known as a founder of the environmentalist movement. Even in his dying months, he campaigned vociferously for legislation to save the environment, leading a battle against a November ballot measure that would have ended the land use planning policies he created in Oregon...
Both correspondents were also surprised by the openness they found while talking to two dozen of the President's closest associates, from the First Lady to members of the Cabinet. Some eagerly ventured their own theories about Reagan's makeup. Others were keen to discuss, in Stacks' words, "a political touch that causes even those who disagree to second-guess their own wisdom." One source so warmed to the topic that a scheduled 45-min. interview lasted more than five hours...
...just a playground for weekend leg-stretchers. House sports are filled with serious competitors. Although intramurals were conceived as good clean fun-the race for the yearly Straus Cup, named after Percy S. Straus '97 and awarded to the House with the most combined wins, breeds fierce battles and keen rivalries...
...relations with Daoud were never very good. He was keen to keep open his links with the West. He did not wish to become too closely involved with us. Those of us who knew Afghanistan were convinced no harm would come of that. The Afghans would slaughter each other for generations, regardless of whether they claimed to be Communists...