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...person, Barr plays down the controversy. "We're definitely not trying to dumb down poetry," he says. "We're not trying to introduce the notion that we would judge quality by book sales or even accessibility. But if poetry has somehow lost touch with a broader readership, there's an opportunity to reverse that. People are going to love poetry when they get back to it." As that last statement suggests, Barr has a tendency to express himself in marketingspeak, which may irritate his critics as much as the actual content of what he's saying. "It's easy...
...gained some skills during those 24 years which might be useful, and I don’t want those muscles to atrophy,” Keohane says. “When Larry called, it was an intriguing opportunity. Larry is a very persuasive person...
...Keohane joined the Corporation in July 2005, filling not only former University of Chicago president Hanna H. Gray’s seat on the seven-person governing body but also Gray’s intellectual niche, according to Interim President Derek...
...wouldn’t want to have the Corporation dominated by former college presidents,” Bok says, “but to have one person who has been there and kind of understands the problems that universities go through, and the academic issues, is a big help...
...woman who cannot stand controversy or dispute,” Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz told The Crimson a few days before Summers’ resignation in February 2006. “I can’t imagine a worse person making this kind of a judgment call...