Word: rotterdam
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though the committee concluded that the course "could have been better administered," it decided not to raise the 13 failing grades in Senior Lecturer Paul Rotterdam's VES 104, "A Theoretical Approach to 20th Century Art," according to committee chairman and Associate Dean of the Faculty Sidney Verba...
Verba said the committee agreed with the students contention that Rotterdam probably should have told the students of their low grades before the final exam, which he said is suggested as a guideline in the Handbook for Instructors...
...absolutely scandalous how unbelievably had some of these people's work were," Rotterdam said shortly after failing the students...
...home, some promising Americans have packed their scores and set off for Europe. Dennis Russell Davies, 38, won praise as the leader of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra but left in 1980 to direct the Stuttgart Opera in Germany. James Conlon, 32, recently was named music director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic-succeeding Zinman, who spent much of his early career in The Netherlands. Michael Tilson Thomas, 37, after an eight-year stint as the Buffalo Philharmonic's music director, now spends his time guest conducting both here and abroad. Perhaps the most successful of all the young Americans...
...that the dollar will fall back to the depths reached in late 1979. International experts generally believe that the U.S. is finally confronting its inflation problems, and they are betting that this will mean a stronger dollar in the future. Says Joop van Kessel, an economist at the Amsterdam-Rotterdam Bank: "There is a general feeling that things are working for the best in the U.S. That confidence has a lot to do with Reagan's cowboy image and strong personality." Even European government officials, who have been battling to bolster their currencies, give Reagan a grudging nod. Italian...