Word: mattering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Faculty Committee on Athletics held a banquet with the UAC last night, but Noble said no formal action was taken on the matter. However, he added that the Faculty Committee is "pretty definitely in favor" of the UAC's action...
...also could be argued that cheering is something no one really takes seriously, no matter who leads the "rahs," and that spectators would just as soon have a little comic relief during times-out. The Undergraduate Athletic Council may have overestimated the average Harvard fan's desire for Saturday afternoon decorum and the seriousness of his respect for athletes...
Rembrandt supposedly used not his cook but his father as a model, and the Worcester Art Museum's Bartholomew provides dramatic evidence that even at 26, Rembrandt was well embarked on the style and subject matter that led to his late great style. Says Worcester Museum Director Daniel Catton Rich: "St. Bartholomew was done just before Rembrandt entered into his early success in Amsterdam and began to turn out rather slick, social portraits. Its deep, inner power foretells the late, introspective Rembrandts-an interesting link between his youth and old age when he painted some of his greatest works...
...Onionhead, an unfunny comedy about the Coast Guard, in which a wife seduces her husband's shipmates because he cannot satisfy her. (Article III, Section 3b: "Seduction is never acceptable subject matter for comedy...
Although the Committee's official position is that the student's individual program principally determines the subject matter for which he is responsible, in practice the minimal requirements are so broad, five or six full courses before the Qualifying exam are barely sufficient for adequate preparation. Not only does this discourage electives in the Sophomore and Junior years, but it puts great emphasis on survey courses, which are often less satisfactory than more specialized studies...