Word: orthodox
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...West, the essays may buttress the conviction of Solzhenitsyn's critics that he is a mystical reactionary who places too much faith in the values of the Orthodox Church and Old Russia. Among Soviet dissidents, however, his arguments are certain to enliven a debate about the nation's future. Solzhenitsyn and his circle reject the argument that truly significant change can come only from within the Communist system. Solzhenitsyn personally takes issue with a second line of thought, propounded by Physicist Andrei Sakharov, who believes that Russia's ultimate hope for freedom lies in a convergence with...
...male-only clause in the club's 89-year-old constitution has come under increasing attack. This year, for instance, a "counter-Gridiron" party was held that attracted many of the celebrities who had previously attended the orthodox bash. Now, with the solemnity of king penguins about to bathe en masse in public, the Gridiron has yielded-sort of. The word "persons" has been substituted for "men" in the charter, and membership will expand to 60 over the next five years. Does that mean ten women members by 1980? Not necessarily. Any candidate for admission may still be blackballed...
...faculty is somewhat to the left of Economics, an Economics-type purge of radicals seems unlikely. Taylor said last week, "In the Sociology Department, there are various sorts of Marxist sympathizers and very leftish liberals. They do not react with horror at the mention of Marx, the way many orthodox economists...
Taylor says that "the problem for us is not intolerance, but repressive tolerance." The radical faculty at Harvard is in a tiny minority, and it is difficult to predict that such a small group could have a very substantial impact against the control of education by more orthodox and conservative faculty and a more conservative society in general. The problem for Harvard faculty radicals has been until now a refusal by the rest of the faculty to accept the radical viewpoint. For Taylor, Skocpol and any radical teachers in the future, the problem may be that the University will accept...
Part of the explanation for the lack of diversity among extension school students probably lies in the orthodox nature of the courses offered. Many of them are facsimiles of the courses faculty members offer their undergraduates, and Harvard students flipping through the extension catalogue would not immediately realize they had strayed from their oft-perused Courses of Instruction...