Word: professional
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Masson seems at times to be a rebel looking for a cause. At one point he found it--psychoanalysis--which, temporarily at least, seemed to obviate the need to rebel. But it did not last, and later, disillusioned with the field. Masson wrote a book which he claims might just...
After receiving his PhD. from Harvard in 1971, Masson accepted a position in the University of Toronto's Sanskrit Department. But when Masson became embroiled in a conflict with the department head, the incoming president of the university decided to settle the matter by dissolving the department. Still in Toronto...
A widower, Harry has no-one to count on but a teenage son. The Son (Robby Benson) spends his time surfing, reclining in a Jacuzzi, and thinking of himself as Hemingway--the latter possibly accounts for a vocabulary that makes Spring Break seem eloquent. While the story centers on the...
As we all know, starting around 1970, the academic establishment has suffered a crisis of confidence. When the growth stopped, many other things went wrong. We lost some of our best and most dedicated teachers--there wasn't room for them. The culture stopped supporting education: it lost the trusting...
The President's chief economic adviser came to Washing ton from a world that praised and rewarded him for his brilliance. The son of a New York City attorney, Feldstein, 44, received a bachelor's from Harvard and graduate degrees from Oxford, all in economics, and at 29...