Word: latinate
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...became one of two aides on the issues staff of the fledgling Jimmy Carter presidential campaign. "It was an incredible education," he recalls, "the kind I don't think you could ever get from a textbook." Paul Albritton, 21, a Yale junior who spent last year working in Latin America for a Houston-based public health organization, echoes Miller. "You go for so many years in a classroom with theoretical models being placed in front of you," he complains. "Getting out and working, getting your hands dirty, gives you a much better idea of what you are studying...
Herbert Bloch, Pope Professor of the Latin Language and Literature, said yesterday there is "a real crisis" in Medieval Studies, but he "is convinced the administration is not at all hostile to the Middle Ages...
Bloch added, however, he "knows of no provision" by the department for continuing the teaching of medieval Latin when he retires in four years...
...Daniel Bell, professor of Sociology (May 15), I can see that we have few differences on the subject of May Day. I support the Cuban Revolution. It has meant enormous progress in many areas for the Cuban people, and it ignited a beacon of hope for the rest of Latin America. But I am unhappy that political prisoners remain in Cuban jails. Huber Mators was not jailed, as Bell suggests, for "expressing disagreement" with Fidel Castro. He in fact started an armed revolt against the revolutionary government. Nonetheless, he should be freed and permitted to leave the country...
When Charles went to Latin America a few weeks ago, he met the U.W.C. committees in Brazil and Venezuela and fired them with enthusiasm. He saw the President of Venezuela and suggested we start a U.W.C. agricultural school that would search for ways to produce food on a cheaper and wider scale...