Word: pointed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...learning some more history through experience. That permission, however, is not unlimited as to time. With each passing year, one becomes more aware of the effort required to "stay in the game," so to speak-not to mention the growing sense of drawing on scholarly capital. There comes a point when the decision to complete one's career as a professor must be faced squarely. Beyond that point, the decision could easily lose any real meaning...
...that the Deanship of this Faculty can and should rotate on a cycle somewhat shorter than that which makes sense for the deanships of either the professional schools of Harvard or, indeed, the major subdivisions of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences itself. However. I do not, at this point, wish to appear to be imposing, or hiding behind, any general theory of deanships or of their varying demands. Sufficient unto the case are the specifics thereof...
...That's just the point. Why don't people care? Because he isn't strong enough to instill these qualities in them, that's why. People don't seem to care anymore, and the Mayor can't seem to make any difference...
Just how bad is the fiscal situation in New York City? The problem is quite complex and no attempt is made here to offer more than a few suggestive thoughts. However, the discussion will point out, even at this level, just how hopeless the situation appears...
Data from the 1960 Census validates their point. At that time, average per capita income in SMSA's (Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas) was 52 per cent higher than in non-SMSA's. And the New York metropolitan area had an average per capita income 15 per cent higher than the average SMSA. Since 1960 these relationships have remained approximately the same. It is not unreasonable then to ask why the cities, particularly New York City, are complaining about not having enough money...