Word: mansfield
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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True to form, Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. '53 set the high-minded tone for the session. Seeking to justify his title as "Harvard's Last Conservative," Mansfield lashed out at his colleagues. "You're a bunch of liberals, and you passed a nutty ultimatum on the Pentagon, and you received a humiliating rebuttal," he sputtered. "You think you're so smart. You think you're so moral. You think if your intelligence fails, your morality will save...
...seems to me that Mansfield is struggling. It's been a while since he's said anything truly outlandish. Long past are the days of alleged links between affirmative action and grade inflation, or the charge that homosexuals undermine civilization, or even the epithet "little lady's sewing circle," that he bestowed on the Committee on Women's Studies a couple of years back. Granted, it would be unfair to expect the professor to be quite so provocative all the time (though his old friend Camille Paglia seems to be having a bit more luck). But calling the Harvard faculty...
...been a while since Mansfield had heard himself speak, and he was itching to get back into the fray. When Professor of Yiddish Literature and of Comparative Literature Ruth R. Wisse implied that the University shouldn't be so self-righteous, he pounced. "You have no respect for Harvard," he hissed. "You don't consider it as anything bigger or grander than yourself, something to which you might be devoted...
...with the personal attacks, Professor Mansfield! Step aside, Camille, I see a comeback...
...have no respect for Harvard," Mansfield said. "You don't consider it as anything bigger or grander than yourself, something to which you might be devoted...