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Enjoyment of power, once thought a vice, is now accounted a virtue among the Faculty, for in the Provost's case it is based on enjoyment of people and an appreciation of their problems and hopes. It is a rare combination, ruthlessness and warmth; but from this paradox of character have come most of the advances by which Harvard has retained its place as the foremost American college...
...educational paradox. Not only has it expanded more rapidly than any other graduate school of the University--it claims world recognition besides. Yet here at Harvard, it is virtually unknown. The services that the school performs for the local and international community affect the world's health as almost no other public health institution. Yet few realize the basic work it does training leaders in all branches of public health and providing them with the latest tools for their...
...dangerous one. When a man chooses the ministry, he accepts even more stringent responsibilities than does a teacher. He is free to evaluate and propound ideas, but they must be concepts compatible with his calling. That a man of God should profess a Godless doctrine is an impossible paradox...
...just brought in such a sure-fire moneymaker as Shane (cost of the picture: $3,100,000), Stevens last week found himself, by a curious Hollywood paradox, without a job. Shane was his last picture for Paramount, which like most companies, likes to have more say in a project than Stevens is willing to permit. I don't think [big companies] see a motion picture for what it's worth. They see it only in terms of product . . . They don't consider what an attraction can be or should be [but] keep looking for assurances of having...
Shape of Things to Come. In explaining the Japanese character and the web society that helped form it, Author Gibney refuses to slip into dogmatism. Much of Five Gentlemen is a highly readable and informative historical narrative, showing events shaping national character and national character shaping later events. The paradox of Hirohito's vast national authority and surprising political meekness is seen as the end product of the careers of the 123 emperors who preceded him. Even a sign like the "Forgive and Forget Electrical Company" implies more than the simple opportunism that G.I.s laughed...