Word: notes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...calls, 42 of which reached the Oval Office, poured in from around the country, the President sipped tea and took notes. "This is a learning process rather than a teaching process," he had said when asked about the note pad. Opposite him in a matching pale orange chair was CBS Anchorman Walter Cronkite, an avuncular master of ceremonies who was hardly needed, so smoothly and knowledgeably did the President field the questions and set the gentle tone that graced the day. Even the high hard pitches drew nothing from the President but the desire to inform. Why are Son Chip...
Steve Aldrich '78, a Harvard student and member of Science for the People, said yesterday. "It's interesting to note that the NAS conference is being sponsored by pharmaceutical companies, all of whom stand to profit immensely from the application of DNA recombinant techniques...
...Boston, the New Year's festivities did not even take place on New Year's Day. Lacking the 15-day holiday traditional in China, Friday's celebration was postponed to Sunday, which was more convenient to the Boston celebrants. And then, to add a true Beantown note to the day, wet New England snow blanketed the proceedings...
...Since the bells ring for 5 consecutive minutes, those of us with bedrooms facing the church must get up by that time whether we want to or not. Especially on Saturdays it does not seem unreasonable to want to sleep past 8:40. Indeed, it is interesting to note that several years ago, so as not to disturb sleeping students, Lowell House changed its bell-ringing time from noon...
...most auspicious note for the future is the rejuvenation of the Columbia University community brought about by the upswing in a sagging basketball program. Columbia's vitality as New York's leading academic institution is closely tied to the image projected by the city. As New York's prestige and attractiveness steadily waned, Columbia suffered a concurrent loss of stature. The citywide resurgence of basketball and of the Lions in particular has had the combined effect of helping to redress New York's decline and bolstering Columbia's sense of prestige and intellectual leadership...