Word: particularized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...glass, with the conviction "that it is invisible, solid, in short, a joyous and paradoxical thing, as good a material as any to build a life from." The unconventional young factory owner soon finds another obsession in the freewheeling world of Sydney: the joy of playing cards in particular and of gambling in general...
...Ford has started to operate like a fully integrated global company. It has turned its technical facilities in five countries into what Petersen calls "centers of excellence." Each center is assigned projects that will benefit the company as a whole. Some of the facilities may work on a particular engine, while others may design and engineer common platforms -- the suspension and other undercarriage components -- for an entire family of autos. Ford of Europe, which has its headquarters in Brentwood, England, has been delegated to develop platforms for all three of Ford's compacts: the Tempo, the Topaz and the European...
...fortunately, the products of an education more idealistic and high-minded. It stresses method and approach rather than command of specific subjects and particular books; it is at once more humble and more demanding. Such a philosophy is the keystone of Harvard's curriculum, not only of the Core curriculum, but of the tutorial program as well...
Dominguez says that attracting Hispanics to GSAS has been a particular problem. He says that when the University made a commitment to increase the number of minority students some years ago, GSAS was the one school that was unable to attract many Hispanics...
Assuming that Harvard's rulers are enlightened despots, it would not be inconsistent for those who run it to be more open to student concerns in their policy deliberations. Still, that does not mean the hierarchy need follow the particular student passions of a given four-year cycle. While individuals come and go, the University, as it has been put in one well-worn formulation, will be here forever. It is the job of the Corporation and the administration to see that it gets there, that of the faculty to make it stand above the ephemeral and worthy of eternity...