Word: poorer
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...environmental. One can work out a pretty close correlation between the degree of dilapidation of an area and the degree of its delinquency. The fairly substantial middle class sections adjoining and to the west of Harvard Yard are relatively free of juvenile problems. But it is in the poorer sections of the city, to the east of Harvard, that the real difficulty lies...
...effect of this change is to put the poorer student in a more precarious position. Previously, if he failed his Generals in his junior year, he could get a degree by passing the special examinations senior year. But now, if he fails Part II of the Generals his senior year, he has no second chance...
Corot did not have a single buyer for his work until he was middleaged. But then he was caught up by a wave of buying enthusiasm for the poetic reveries he had begun to paint. He grew increasingly rich in money, but poorer in the quality of his work. During his later years, however, in such paintings as Young Girls of Sparta (opposite) he achieved a new quality in figure painting. By treating his female models as he had his landscapes ("I paint a woman's breast just as I would an ordinary milk can"), he worked from atmosphere...
Like his colleagues everywhere, says Pusey, "the Harvard professor is a poorer man today than he has been for generations." The college must not only raise salaries and restore the professor's purchasing power; it has the duty to increase its scholarship programs and to build new houses for its growing student body. But a major reason for Harvard's need is the phenomenal growth of knowledge itself. Both the chemistry and astronomy departments, for instance, have outgrown their facilities. The young department of social relations never had proper accommodations in the first place. There must also...
Last April, Pusey said the building needs alone came to $40 million. But in his report he makes additional requests for increased faculty salaries, and for more endowments to aid the scholarship and fellowship programs. "The Harvard professor is a poorer man today than he has been for generations," Pusey said. "Harvard salaries no longer enjoy the kind of unchallenged lead they once...