Word: presse
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Professor of Science Edward O. Wilson, who has had several books published by the Harvard University Press, including his Pulitzer Prize-winning In Human Nature, said Rosenthal's best qualities have been keeping editorial standards at very high levels and maintaining an excellent relationship with faculty members...
When the Harvard University Press published itsfirst books in 1913, the topics included littlemore than highly specialized scholarly treatises.Since then, however, the trend has been to covercontemporary issues in an academic setting withthe emergence of such topics as AIDS, women'sstudies and technology of the future...
Sheldon Meyer, the senior editorial VicePresident of the Oxford University Press, said oneof his industry's main concerns is the shrinkingmarket for specialized academic books since fewerindividuals are purchasing them and libraries haveless money to fund them...
...Harvard, however, has managed to combine thetwo roles of the scholarly university press," saidMeyer, "by going beyond the scholarly audience andreaching the general informed audience withquality titles...
Under Delaney Smith, the Crimson has traditionally employed a man-to-man defense and full court press. This season, the team is experimenting with a new defensive system that deemphasizes the press. The system was effective for brief intervals in the Santa Clara Tournament and promises to frustrate future competiton...