Word: paid
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from that of the seizure. In the wake of these shocks, what put the place together again and made it move forward was a generalized and passionate display of the good uses of reason: colloquia, meetings, discussion, negotiations, most of which proved constructive and orderly. Surely the price paid by the University--animosities, divisions, sanctions, fatigue, the genuine suffering inflicted by the events on so many, and the diversion of energy from the essential functions of the University--proves that disruptive tactics cannot become a recurrent method of government or progress. Surely, the members of this community and especially...
Last week came the best news of all: the gang got out of bankruptcy. A majority of the creditors said it was O.K. if the gang just paid them an average of 4% of the money owed to them over the next three years. The judge said, well, you guys seem to be doing pretty well as far as I'm concerned. So you're back on your own. As we leave the Ramparts Boys, we find them back in the clubhouse happily pecking at their typewriters. Editor Scheer exults: "We did the impossible." But tune...
Capitalizing on the ferment of the strike, the teaching fellows established Harvard New College, a good example of how free universities work. No tuition is charged, no teacher is paid, no grades or credits are given. Anyone who wants to teach a course merely lists it on a posted weekly schedule; if it draws students, it is a course. Classes take the form of discussion groups, usually meet once or twice a week in common rooms and student suites, and are led by teaching fellows or undergraduates themselves. Anyone can attend by signing up. Except for a few university secretaries...
...heavy sealskin boots), he pulled on the traditional black robe, white collar and tabs, and red sash of his office. Court was in session. For the tiny (pop. 540) Eskimo village of Igloolik, which has existed since 1500 B.C., it was the first time that a judge had ever paid a visit...
...business expansion. Some bond dealers describe trading conditions as the most disorderly in memory. So many banks are unloading their bond holdings to raise money for loans that underwriters are being forced to offer "shock prices" to sell new issues at all. Southern New England Telephone Co. last week paid 7.723% interest-the highest for any unit of A.T. & T. since 1921-to bring out $65 million in debentures...