Word: owen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...although the argument has an appealing ring to it, it is moot. Other universities and colleges as Owen acknowledges, simply do not have the kind of alumni wealth that makes Harvard's capital drive--the largest attempted by a college--possible...
That is worth remembering in light of oft-heard criticism that although Harvard is facing tough economic times like other colleges, other educational institutions are more deserving of contributions. "Does Harvard 'need' my money more than, say, a struggling black college in the South," asks David Owen in a recent article on the Campaign in Harper's Magazine. No, just as he points out, the Boston public school system could easily use extra cash...
Applause "isn't a direct comment on the lecture," says North House sophomore Peter Keane. But he adds. "If it's been a dry lecture nothing against the professor the class is just in a dry mood." Last year he recalls Professor of Astronomy Owen Gingerich jet-propelled himself out of the room after a Science A-17 lecture. "You get a kick out of that...
...Owen's star rose during the Falklands war, when he patriotically backed the government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - but only up to a point. Alluding frequently to his experience as Foreign Secretary, he rarely failed to mention that he had averted an Argentine threat to invade the Falklands...
Jenkins, by contrast, rarely spoke up. According to a recent poll, the public considered Owen intelligent, businesslike, fair and honest. Jenkins was seen as being smug, arrogant and out of touch...