Word: mainstream
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...credit for enhancing educational opportunities, especially in the case of talented students from lackluster schools. Even so, enough general suspicion of computerized testing organizations exists to spark the reform movement. "It used to be a little fringe group," trumpets Harvard Law Graduate Andrew Strenio, adding: "Now it is going mainstream...
...more from the Eagles--they've checked out of Hotel California and they've gained a perspective on life in the fast lane. But at present the band is still groping for a new identity to replace the old sound. Their latest album reaffirms the Eagles as one of mainstream rock's best bands. But The Long Run is, ironically, a good album for the short run--better things are sure to come...
...songs, as usual, deal with personal themes of lost love and regained love; the group never opts for even the slightest bit of political or social commentary. While the forces of punk and disco explore the fringes of rock, Fleetwood Mac contentedly drifts with rock's mainstream. And it has paid off: phenomenal sales, constantly sold-out concerts, and almost universal acclaim by critics who never quite latched onto new wave...
...over the last decade as proof of its intent to undermine the department. The creation of an executive committee doesn't assuage these students' fears. "I don't see anyone on the committee who is a real ally of Afro-American Studies," Brutus says. "These people have a mainstream perspective," he adds. And Daniel Robinson '79, a former concentrator, says, "I am skeptical--let me see the results. They've set up committees before...
...Freshman Dean's Office is a small satrapy by Harvard standards--and, having recently moved out of University Hall to Prince House, on Prescott St, it's out of the mainstream of the College administration. But as the only office devoted entirely to the care and feeding of freshmen, you're assured more attention here. Henry C. Moses, dean of freshmen, brings a gung-ho enthusiasm to his job that excites and pleases many students--usually those who are as enthusiastic as he is--but sometimes turns off students with real problems who find no succor in his blandishments...