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Under Cotran's guidance since 1974, the pathology department at Brigham and Women's grew from modest origins to, in Longtine's words, "what we would call the best in the country," an improvement which she attributed to Cotran's efforts towards developing "good communication between clinicians and scientists...
This is not a book that Harvard undergraduates are going to buy in large or even modest quantities. We are more inclined to discuss moral leadership as an abstraction in section than as a topic of deep personal interest. The easiset way to read Coles's book is as a primer on the qualities of moral leadership, as a guide to what we have seen and looked for in moral leaders. This might also be the least appealing way to read it, as far as college students are concerned; we think we are too worldly and intelligent for such romantic...
...modest termbill increase would not be a hardship to students. If they strenuously object to the hike, students can simply opt out of the fee by checking off a box. And it is not as if the council has proposed recklessly raising the fee--the termbill remains unchanged since 1981. It has not even been adjusted for inflation. This means that every year students have been paying less money in terms of real purchasing power. Subsequently, the budget of the council has been shrinking for almost 20 years. This year, there is the possibility that the council will be unable...
Christopher L. Foote, director of undergraduate studies for the economics department, says that while his department is proud of its program, the difficulty level is more modest...
...much of a giant as he was scientifically, he was always a modest person, very generous with his thoughts and his scientific materials," Bloom wrote...