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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...former Michigan center, who actually played with his helmet, and very well, too--oddly enough, the notoriously clumsy Ford was probably the best athlete of any President of the 20th century. But still a big lunk: that Nixon would make Ford President, after all his yammering about respect for the office, serves as a good index of how far gone that old carpetbagger really...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Heel, Boy, Heel | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

...choice of purposes--a career problem, the future, self-confidence or a family situation," he explains. Pre-professionalism has clearly had an impact outside of the classroom. In what he labels a society gone back to a "scarcity model," Walters asks, "What does a young person base his self respect...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Refereeing the Rat Race | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

Life in the Cambridge rat race, as one might assume, doesn't bolster many people's self-confidence. Harvard is a place populated by very ambitious people," says Walters. 'You have to be ambitious to get here and to stay here--and keep your self-respect." It's not that Harvard induces depression, but rather that depression is a reaction to disappointments and college students have an inordinate amount of opportunities to be disappointed. "It's not a simple reaction to an 'F' in a course," Walters insists. "When students come to us, they're concerned not only about their...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Refereeing the Rat Race | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

...sometimes I wonder why children can't be born with an innate sense of respect. But at least one person has learned something about himself, because the children called him big nose...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Cruelty to Animals | 9/13/1979 | See Source »

Harvard students surveyed today greeted the findings with skepticism, and men and women alike maintained an almost chauvinistic respect for the parental potential of the American...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Study Sees Decline in Male Fertility; Harvard Predicts Full Speed Ahead | 9/13/1979 | See Source »

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