Word: reads
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Great Books approach is predicated on the belief that "the sacred texts" should be read as classics qua classics, independent of time or place. As a history department offering, the new course will place the works of Nietzsche, Marx and Hegel in a historical context; they will not simply be revered...
History concentrators have been made to feel that their concerns simply are not the concerns of the department. The paucity of course offerings in recent years led students to wear t-shirts which read: [History]. Furthermore, many of the senior professors in the department conform to the worst stereotypes of Harvard professors: plenty of time for research and graduate students, little interest in undergraduates...
...sitting on a stool in the "Dunk 'n' Dip" doughnut shop on Third Street in East Cambridge. I'm reading the morning paper 'n' I'm reading a story that refers to Ted Kennedy. Seem like the senator wants to create a national literacy corps of college kids who'll earn course credits for teaching youngsters and adults how to read. Senator Ted wants to set up pilot tutoring programs at fine Massachusetts colleges to form the model for a national campaign. Bank of Boston has offered $5,000 grants to each of five schools to start up the programs...
...Assisted U.S. Senator Proxmire in developing alternative strategies on water-rights legislation," for instance may also be read, "Refilled the Senator's office cooler, May-August '87." Remember, it's not chopped ham--it's chopped steak...
Their sincerity would make Tocqueville shiver. Many interns rightly recognize that in order to take advantage of the Washington experience, in-depth knowledge of the American political process is sometimes helpful. One fellow I met last summer had dutifully read a full year of U.S. News & World Report as preparation for his job just off the Hill...