Word: matter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...importance of subject matter is paramount mostly for the choreographer. It is his source, his dream, his love. For the audience it often makes very little difference what a dance is about; in fact, some of the most famous and successful dances in the world have been on trivial and inconsequential subjects. --Doris Humphrey...
...company held its first complete dress rehearsal last Sunday night. It was an exciting event, even though the quality of the dancing and the pieces varied considerably. The subject matter ranged from an interpretation of different phases of the night by Liz Wilkerson '78, to a dramatic portrayal of a one-legged incarnate animal spirit by Connie Chin '79, to a mime-like solo by former Radcliffe student Gail Casson of a woman apparently giving birth...
This last change reminds us that the aims and methods of instructors in presenting their material will often have more importance than the particular subject matter of the course itself. At Harvard and at other colleges, the primary means of instruction remains the lecture; as a student committee correctly observed in 1939, "The lecture method is an effective and economical educational method...
Holly called Moynihan's position on the tax-cut bill "a matter of equity," based on the needs of middle-income groups. He said Moynihan is "disappointed that the administration sees HEW's Aid Program as an alternative," not an adjunct, to the proposed bill...
...need for a student government is not simply immediately practical. In the great scheme of things, it does not really matter that much who decides who gets to eat scrambled eggs and who will eat Frosted Flakes. There is a philosophical ideal involved in all of this, an ideal many of the convention members seem to take seriously. The ideal is a community in which individuals don't isolate themselves from others and refuse to accept imperfect goings-on around them. Only by working closely with others on a communal level to solve the little problems can we ever hope...