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Word: perfectible (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Somewhere between 10 per cent and 30 per cent of the students who come here are the perfect Harvard students--aggressive, they take advantage of facilities. But then there are 70 per cent who don't take advantage, they just drift and need to be given direction," he says. To a certain extent students are able to decide what educational courses they want to pursue, but, Rosovsky believes, as he recently told a gathering of alumni, that the Harvard curriculum is too varied for undergraduates to make intelligent, broadening decisions, "Our curriculum at the moment resembles too much a Chinese...

Author: By Margaret A. Shapiro, | Title: Between black and white: Rosovsky takes on education | 6/17/1976 | See Source »

...think that at the moment our curriculum resembles rather too much a Chinese menu at a very good restaurant," he said. "But I think that a Chinese menu in the hands of a novice can often result in less than a perfect meal. I would like to supply a few waiters...

Author: By Scott A. Kaufer, | Title: They Dress Better Now | 6/16/1976 | See Source »

Over the years, beginning in the '50s, Moon wrote and rewrote the Divine Principle. According to him, Jesus was supposed to marry an ideal wife and begin the "perfect family." He failed in this endeavor because he was crucified by his own people. For this reason Jews suffer from "collective...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Darker Side of Sun Moon | 6/14/1976 | See Source »

Since Jesus failed, a new Messiah must come to complete the task of building the "perfect family." According to Divine Principle, the time for this "Lord of the Second Advent" to be born was right after World War I, and the place, Korea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Darker Side of Sun Moon | 6/14/1976 | See Source »

...tale of the perfect schnorrer: a peautiful chewisch...

Author: By Gregory F. Lawless, | Title: Pound: The Poet and the Fascist | 6/14/1976 | See Source »

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