Word: pastes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Hind becomes the almost ludicrous pursuer of a lost cause whose tangled effects obfuscate his thinking. Clues ravel in his memory until the past becomes present and all of life is poured into one densely occupied moment. "Hooked with a wood into the forest, it will lead you well beyond the pier," states one clue. Does it refer to the golf course owned by Hind's friend Ashley Sill, where one may hook the ball into the trees? Or does it mean the huge fishhook stuck in the ironwood outside the Laurel home, from where Hershey was taken...
...demonstrators pushed past five University policemen who tried to block their way and filtered upstairs into the offices of the deans...
...noted, the curriculum of the College has been constantly, if incrementally changing during the past 25 years-from one with a core of strictly-defined General Education surrounded by watertight departments to a pattern where General Education means departmental courses with a wider perspective and where interdisciplinary majors are not uncommon. The periodic discussions over minor reforms-loosening Independent Study requirements for example-have led some Faculty members to begin their own private reassessment of what a college education should...
...Come back soon," she said. "Bring your friends. I know you will come back." Well, I thought, that's one prophecy that won't be fulfilled. "Good luck," she smiled softly. "Thanks," I said, handed her the five, and walked by the icons, the baby, the peeling walls, past the crimson living room, down the winding stairs, and out into the Manhattan street...
This same administrative style which had served Harvard so well during earlier years proved to have serious deficiencies when confronted with the demands of the past year. The harsh new issues facing the University and the sharp divisions they created among the Faculty made it imperative for that body to begin groping for a new style of leadership-a style better equipped to recognize political realities to accept them, and to mediate them without endangering the essential scholarly functions of a university...