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...other leading educator of his time, [Eliot] stressed the value of cultivating the diverse talents of every individual, while also emphasizing how diversity among individuals and groups can be a major stimulus to learning.... He regarded diversity as so powerful and far-reaching in its effects--capable of shaping life-long attitudes and habits--that he came to view it as indispensable to the healthy functioning of a democratic society...
...doesn't add up too well. Harvard is blessed with some of the most well-known authorities in so many fields of study. Of course, many of them also recognize that they are blessed and act as if a shrine is the minimum contribution we can make to their life-long worshipping campaign. Students become severely intimidated by these two factors and shy away from professors. Then there is the other half of the student population which does have the guts to approach the professors and get laughed at when proposing that a professor help them with supervised research...
...women in "Company" are ambivalent about love and commitment. Amy (Samara Levenstein, ideally cast) frets and over-analyzes her way to the altar to marry quiet, sensitive Paul (deftly played by Paul Siemens). On the other hand, Harry and Sarah (Doug Rand and Kate deLima) extol the virtues of life-long committment while barely disguising their hostility toward one another. DeLima perfectly captures her character's sexual frustration, which she vents in a hilarious scene about food-related auto-eroticism...
Phelps was a life-long member of the Harvard community. She received her bachelors in philosophy from Radcliffe and her masters and doctorate in fine arts from Harvard...
...father died from a heart attack at the age of 64...He was a life-long smoker," Maddox said...