Word: personal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...often sharp debate that the proposal produced among Faculty members. Opponents teed off on two key points. The first of these was based on the philosophical premise that no faculty is competent to judge what areas of knowledge constitute the "core" that is essential to a completely educated person. William H. Bossert '59, McKay Professor of Appplied Mathematics and author of a counter-proposal to thbe Core, poked fun at what he saw as the Core's attempt to eliminate ignorance in all areas. Said Bossert: "The summed ignorance of this particular Faculty is evidence that ignorance is debilitating neither...
Seductive words. And yet they do not hang together, at least not completely. The smart newsman, as well as the intelligent reader, realizes that complete objectivity is indeed a fantasy, never to be attained. Anything a reporter writes is, in the true sens of the word, a "story," one person's account of a particular event, hardly to be trusted as Divine revelation. But at the same time, the reporter should recognize that objectivity, like perfection, is a fantasy worth pursuing, a goal that is not only noble, but practical. The more nearly objective, or more nearly perfect...
...Louis arrived on the Harvard athletic scene on year behind Mleczko, but she's a tough person to overshadow. St. Louis tallied 17 goals in leading the soccer team into respectability for the first time, and she hacked around with a lacrosse stick...
...warning to a promiscuous actress about the dangers of V.D. echoes an Army training film, though the reader may not be sure whether the author is trying to be funny or just didactic. The novel's biggest flaw is a switching back and forth from third-to first-person narrative, thus violating Puzo's own first rule of writing...
...heightened public awareness that government agencies, private companies and individuals are vulnerable to lawsuits, and that juries too often are overly generous. The publicity given to big awards awakens greed. Says Colorado State Senator Ray Kogovsek: "People read about these enormous settlements and they think, 'If this person got so much, maybe I have a right to that much too.' " Years of activist consumerism have also made people more alert to possible claims against institutional America. The act of suing, in short, has become less personal, and when the defendant is an institution, people do not suppose anybody...