Word: presention
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...these allegations are unfair of almost any film project, and certainly fail to acknowledge what Kopple has accomplished in Wild Man Blues Nothing here will make anyone forget Harlan County USA, the landmark documentary she made about union strikes among Kentucky coalminers, but craftsmanship and wit are as present here as in her more socially-minded, dramatic work...
...alumna of Harvard, I feel inclined to respond to the article "Tutors Criticize Randomization in an Open Letter" (May 5) and say that I completely support the statements in the letter. In recent visits to Cambridge, I have noticed the lack of comfort and House spirit embodied in the present House system. Fortunately, I was in one of the last groups of students able to choose my home for three years. I chose Cabot, North, Currier and Adams as my four choices for the housing lottery. The vibe in these four Houses fit my personality. The lottery placed my blocking...
Emboldened by those instances of cooperation, I reasoned that if lack of information is the problem, the solution was to present to the student body the ideals of its administration and to the administration, the visions of its student leaders...
...contemporary of Nostradamus was Sir Thomas More, whose Utopia was not so much a vision of the future as a vision of a better society and thus a reproach to present evils. But henceforth, Utopian dreams of reform invariably mingled with anticipation of tomorrow. This was particularly true in the 18th century, with the Age of Reason's belief in the perfectibility of human nature and the near inevitability of progress. Revolution was in the air, and revolution itself is a kind of prophecy--a violent prediction...
...entire system is disturbing, not to be shrugged off as liberal alarmist rhetoric. The University of California must rethink and retool its eligibility and admission policies to reflect the needs of an increasingly diverse state. We need to level the playing field and engage in a reassessment of our present definition of academic merit. EUGENE GARCIA, Professor and Dean Graduate School of Education University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, Calif...