Word: mastering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Baird Professor of Science Dudley R. Herschbach proved that nice guys don't always finish last. This week, the Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that Herschbach--the former master of Currier House and one of the University's most popular science professors--was the recipient of the 1986 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. He will share the $290,000 award with two other chemistry colleagues...
...Harvard administrator and former Currier House co-master was surprised yesterday morning when a reporter called her Holyoke Center office and congratulated her on winning the prestigious award...
During the recent commemoration of Harvard's 350th birthday, much was made of the treatment of the first undergraduates at the hands of the first head of the College and his wife. Master and Mistress Nathaniel Eaton, we were told, repeatedly beat the students and fed them rotten pudding. It saddens me to think that in three and a half centuries Harvard has made so little progress in the treatment of its undergraduates. Instead of being neglected physically, they are now being neglected intellectually...
While it may be long before Harvard men forget the game last Saturday, it will be better if we face only the future and seek only to master the lessons taught us by that game. Above all else we must not give up hope, we must realize that the development of a strong team, of a victorious team, is necessity, and that the only way to do this is for the whole undergraduate body, yes, and for all the graduates too, to show with all their strength that they are to a man behind our eleven...
...cabin of the shrimp boat, bound for the Gulf of Mexico, are these: one Sunbeam Master Chef charcoal grill, three spatulas hanging from eye hooks, a slicker, half a dozen greasy life jackets, a pan full of plastic dishes, a box of Zatarain's crab boil (since 1889), a bottle of Hunt's All Natural barbecue sauce, a bottle of Seven Seas Viva Italian dressing, a bottle of Formula 409 all-purpose cleaner, a can of Bush's Best whole-kernel golden corn, a can of Shurfine early harvest sweet peas, a can of La Choy meatless chow mein...