Word: pioneers
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...Harvard community lost a pioneer in the study of Jewish thought on Sunday when Isadore Twersky, Littauer professor of Hebrew literature and philosophy, died at Massachusetts General Hospital following a long illness...
...pioneer Roy Lichtenstein dies at 73 (TIME Daily...
...which contends that children's ability to recognize their own emotions, empathize with peers and deal with crises--their "emotional quotient," or EQ--influences their life chances as much as native intelligence. The book, now a paperback best seller, has had a catalytic effect. Rutgers psychologist Maurice Elias, a pioneer in emotional education, says he fields endless calls, E-mails and faxes from interested educators. "There is credibility now given to taking time in the school day to carry out this kind of work," he says...
Professor Gilligan's appointment is a positive and productive step in the University's journey to granting progressive fields such as gender studies and women's studies the consideration and importance that they deserve. She is certainly a pioneer researcher in her field, and Harvard is privileged to have her as a key member of the faculty. We hope that the University will continue to make such strides that demonstrate and maintain its position at the top of the educational community...
Such findings, according to Dietrich Wildung, curator of the Egyptian Museum in Berlin, represent "nothing less than the discovery of a new dimension of the ancient world." The sense of breaking new ground, and of taking archaeology in a new direction, has contributed to what Wildung calls "the pioneer spirit in Sudan...