Word: meannesses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Gorbachev: "Let me just add that seeking to resolve differences should not mean an end to being different...
...mean time, Radcliffe is in the process of searching for a new president. Horner's successor will take over in June of next year, and the Radcliffe Board of Trustees hopes to name the new president next winter, said Nancy-Beth Sheerr '71, who heads the search committee. But the trustees have not yet decided what kind of candidate they are seeking...
Those who decry the omissions of Western Civ courses do not mean to weigh the virtues of other systems against those of Western democracy. They intend to impress us with the impossibility of such comparisons. The call for these offerings is not made because certain overlooked books are--by some standard--deserving of attention. The claim for the overlooked books is made out of the conviction that any standard must reflect someone's opinion--and therefore must be replaced by a non-discriminating "openness...
...meeting you all," I said, my face flush, as I quickly left. I had read Adams and so had nothing to say. My sole experience with a "great books" program offered an ironic glimpse of what it might have yielded in the regular curriculum. Skipped or unreflective reading would mean a passed-over education with a vengeance...
Assuming that Harvard's rulers are enlightened despots, it would not be inconsistent for those who run it to be more open to student concerns in their policy deliberations. Still, that does not mean the hierarchy need follow the particular student passions of a given four-year cycle. While individuals come and go, the University, as it has been put in one well-worn formulation, will be here forever. It is the job of the Corporation and the administration to see that it gets there, that of the faculty to make it stand above the ephemeral and worthy of eternity...