Word: oneness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...civil liberties instead of vice versa. He said he has no regrets about the way he has managed Boston University: "Why should I have regrets for being as successful as I have, in saving an institution that was on the edge of bankruptcy, threatened by mediocrity on the one hand and by fiscal instability on the other? This institution is an extraordinarily fine one. It has vastly increased the number of outstanding faculty since I've been here. There's not a single continuing program in Boston University that is not vastly stronger today from an academic standpoint than...
...University of Texas for running afoul of the conservative chairman of the Board of Regents. A vigorous supporter of civil rights and an ardent opponent of capital punishment, he was widely perceived as a liberal martyr and the B.U. presidential search committee thought he might be just the one to give B.U. a needed charge...
...One widely-held theory to explain Silber's combativeness is that he is out to prove himself. Silber's right arm ends in a knob at his elbow--the result of a birth defect--and some say he is still revenging himself upon the school children who taunted him as a child...
...people see Silber in such a charitable light. No one denies that he is brilliant and enormously articulate, but many believe he is using his talents to the detriment of Boston University. For example, his critics say his abrasiveness and intransigence in labor negotiations were a major stimulus for union activity at B.U., which has had three strikes within the last year...
...watching a man of high ideals become corrupted by his power," says one personal friend. "He's one of those sad cases of a flawed genius...