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...despite the progress Radcliffe has made in remolding its administration and allocating its money, its effectiveness as an institution for undergraduates remains in doubt. Although its projects may be excellent, their bearing on undergraduate life seems minimal at best. Lyman admits that Radcliffe's programs seem more prominent outside the campus--"the freshman might not know we exist at all." She insists, however, that the Board is trying to concentrate on improving undergraduate life by building the athletic center at the Quad, channeling money into an Office for the Arts, and sponsoring speakers in a Radcliffe Forum program, among other...
Schmidt's inscription reads: In gratitude for the legacy of German learning, this University hails the progress of a democratic Germany and warmly welcomes her illustrious leader...
...said the rapid growth of professional salaries and the greater demand for service fostered by technical progress might be responsible for the decline in public trust of professionals...
...middle-aged man lived in a small town, in my small town, a place that would never, could never, change. Or I thought. So I left. But my small town was not exempt from the jagged teeth of progress. It just took a while. The interstates bypassed it, sure; and the FHA-VA home loans went to buy up the old mill houses rather than add many suburbs to what had been a company town. There was hardly any urban renewal because there wasn't much to renew. The people who could have used the money--the 40 per cent...
...middle-aged man lived in a small town, in my small town, a place that would never, could never, change. Or I thought. So I left. But my small town was not exempt from the jagged teeth of progress. It just took a while. The interstates bypassed it, sure; and the FHA-VA home loans went to buy up the old mill houses rather than add many suburbs to what had been a company town. There was hardly any urban renewal because there wasn't much to renew. The people who could have used the money--the 40 per cent...