Word: quests
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...duty isto gather approximately 1500 accomplished youngpeople to form each of Harvard's classes. Nomatter how deliberately we were selected to becomea part of the diversity of the Class of 1986, thisselection was based on achievement. Tangibleachievements won us places here, and expectedly,many of us continued in the quest for such successonce we arrived...
Others tend to the more eccentric and esotericin their quest for academic glory. Alek Keshishian'86, an Adams House resident, was one suchbuck-with-traditionster. He fulfilled the honorsrequirement for his special concentration(Literature and Film: Theory and Practice) byadapting Emily Bronte's classic novel of love goneawry Wuthering Heights for the stage...
...Orson Welles last Friday, I would recommend extreme caution to anyone planning to see Jouney into Fear or A Touch of Evil in the near future. As for me, I have to go button my trenchcoat and don my snapbrim before I venture out on a lonely quest for a little truth down those dark, mean streets...
...charm, great personal presence and far-ranging knowledge. He sometimes communicates the feeling that others don't meet his standards." Stengel delved into the work of controversial Roman Catholic Paleontologist-The ologian Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, whose stress on the importance of mankind gave Cuomo a rationale in his quest for social justice. When Cuomo traveled to Stengel's alma mater, Princeton University, to make an address, the writer tagged along. "People were hanging off the rafters to get a look at him," says Stengel. "I don't remember anyone getting that rock-star treatment when I was a student...
Still other problems plague the researchers in their quest for an effective and non-toxic anti-viral drug--some of them not involving science. Groopman has encountered peculiar problems in the AZT study. "There is tremendous political pressure," Groopman says. He only has room for 20 patients while 60 AIDS and ARC patients want to take part in the experiment. So he will choose patients only on a "first-come, first serve basis...