Word: moderns
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...population of infected but controlled cells would allow the host to develop the immune response necessary to defeat the real virus. Disabled viruses have offered the solution to two of the modern era's most problematic viruses, smallpox and polio...
...corrupted, materialistic attitude with which we Harvard students consume our education. In a world where scholars have turned pre-professionals and the grail of knowledge has turned into the golden calf of human capital, academic purists are crusaders in an unholy land--Willie Lomans in a web of modern market forces. Today's students do not take classes. They shop for them. They do not read Courses of Instruction. They read the CUE Guide, the academic equivalent of Consumer Reports. It is no wonder that, for the first time ever, professors caved into the demands of capitalism and started competing...
Competition in the Core spins out of control as professors promise lighter workloads, optional papers and better-looking section leaders. In the Literature and Arts sector, Harry Starr Professor of Classical, Modern Jewish & Hebrew Literature James L. Kugel of Literature and Arts C-37, "The Bible and Its Interpreters" is rumored to have promised eternal salvation. Professor of History James Hankins from Historical Study B-19, "The Renaissance in Florence" quoting from Dante's Inferno, tells students the seventh circle of hell is reserved for those who drop his class. ACLU attorneys are called to investigate as Kugel finishes with...
...what we would like to believe, the urgency of the educational situation in our country is mind-boggling. According to a recent report released by the Department of Education, less than 20 percent of our nation's full-time public school teachers feel qualified to teach in a modern classroom. Only a minority of teachers surveyed claimed they felt "comfortable" using new technology, working with disabled students and implementing new curricula. These trends are deeply disturbing and clearly unacceptable...
...Pope can certainly see none. In his homily before 100,000 people in St. Louis' Trans World Sports Dome, the pope spoke eloquently. "Modern society has the means of protecting itself, without definitively denying criminals the chance to reform," he said. The death penalty is "cruel and unnecessary," he added, "even in the case of someone who has done great evil...