Word: problem
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cannot rally with enthusiasm around a man beseeching help. A President who lists our faults and weaknesses does not inspire us. We need a clarion call: Come on, America! We've done it before and we can do it again. We can solve our energy problem. Nothing is impossible for 220 million Americans pulling together. We went to the moon; we shall not let OPEC bring us to our knees! Oh, for a buoyant, confident leader who can make us feel invincible...
Southern said the department does not have a turnover problem. "Each person who is leaving who had a five-year appointment has stayed five years. Harvard only allows you to stay five years. It's not fair to say there's a high turnover. That reflects on me as chairman," she added...
Though the battle rages in the pages of Campus Shock, Lamont reports that Harvard's defenses are still basically sound. "The thing that struck me most about Harvard was that it wasn't knocked askew by one single problem...Harvard seems to have all the problems, but for some reason they deal with them better. I don't know whether they spend more time, or they're smarter, or whether it's the fact that they're simply Harvard...
...course requirements last year included regular attendance at section meetings, the submission of five-out-of-11 problem sets based on the tools learned each week, a 20- to 30-page analysis of a specific international conflict and a five-page synthesis of this longer paper...
...weekly problem sets are really no problem--they are basically a rehash of Fisher's lectures. Grading is relatively easy; students receive four out of a possible six points on each problem set for just following instructions. And although head section man Bruce Patton urges students to hand in nine of the assignments, few complete more than the required number...