Word: particularized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...panel of journalists that will ask Bok questions is not limited to any particular topic. Although Bok said yesterday he has no idea what he will be talking about, he added that he will not be uncomfortable discussing any part of his job or his educational philosophy...
...same work to open both halves of the concert: David Burton's Serenata for 8 Wind Instruments, composed in 1971. Burton was a graduate student in music before his untimely death last year, and the Serenata shows a keen appreciation of the possibilities inherent in wind chamber music. In particular, winds rather than strings, by the nature of their instruments, are more suited to Burton's use of short, rhythmically changing yet repeated motives. If anything, the Serenata is too rhythmically demanding; for example, it is reasonably impossible to play six evenly-spaced notes in a measure of five beats...
...responsibilities in world affairs. To play her role on the world scene efficiently, she must have one mind about it and maintain her sense of purpose in her own best interests and those of her friends. She must strike a balance between what she may consider as her particular interests and the necessities of her action in the world. In readapting her policies to new realities, America needs no other counsel than the inspiration that she will draw from the ideals upheld by the founders of her nation and the unique achievements of her glorious past. It is important...
...stumbled onto something big. Charlie's Angels might be called family-style porn, a mild erotic fantasy that appeals about equally to men and women. The show has been launched at a moment when there is franker discussion of sexual needs and wishes and when women, in particular, are beginning to reveal their sexual fantasies. Though hardly a credible treatment of these, Charlie's Angels seems to speak to and for them...
GENERAL EDUCATION at Harvard is in shambles. The original definition of the program, taken from the Harvard Redbook--"that part of education which should be common to everone--in particular, the goals should be effective thinking, communication, the making of relevant judgments and the discrimination of values"-has been lost under a pile of lower and higher level courses, confusing guidelines, and contradictory rules. General Education was supposed to be translated into a specific as "The Scandinavian Cinema" and "Technology, War and Peace") now fulfill Gen Ed requirements. One course in Scandinavian films now equals two Fine Arts offerings...