Word: manner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with him over the summer to begin discussing housing policy and possible improvements in the College came away with positive impressions, as indicated by adjectives such as, "open-minded," "decisive," and "courageous," but all recognize that these remain nothing more substantial than impressions. Since Fox's generally reserved manner is not likely to change, he probably won't give out many hints of his plans, and the College will simply have to wait for him to take some definite action before it can reach any conclusions about its new dean...
...president of Radcliffe she acts within her ceremonial role in the same manner as does President Bok. But the function the Radcliffe president considers most important is what she terms "the subtle issues in the process of becoming a coeducational institution." Out of the realm of philosophy, that role has entailed overseeing the passage of equal-access admissions, merged athletic facilities, the establishment of the freshman CORE groups and the Office of Women's Education, and the expansion of the programs at the Radcliffe Institute and the Schlesinger Library...
...recent years SftP has actively protested, although not always in such a theatrical manner, what the group sees as misplaced priorities in many fields of scientific research. This summer, for example, the Cambridge City Council voted a three month moratorium on recombinant DNA experiments within the city limits of Cambridge. The decision came after two public meetings involving pro and con testimony from prominent science-faculty members at Harvard...
Regardless of the manner in which they use them, professors naturally enough take their own works seriously, and therefore tend to use them. Bernard Kummel, professor of Geology, who lists his "History of the Earth," the country's leading textbook on physical geology as the primary source for his students in Geology 18, says, "I'm a missionary--I had a goal. I'm trying to convert the world to my religion through the book. So if they read it, God bless 'em. If they don't, what the hell...
Carter, who publicly projects ths most populist image of any presidential candidate in recent memory, has gone about the task of assembling his cadre of policy advisors in an eclectic manner--and on such a large scale--that makes it difficult to tell which players will still be with the team if Carter wins the election...