Word: seem
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...from Buffalo, and I seem to have my best games in New York," the Harvard hockey forward said Saturday. "I play my best on the road...
...surprise to observe that Harvard is blessed with an extraordinarily able group of undergraduates. We certainly encountered a great many lively, curious and enthusiastic students. They seem to be aware of the remarkable educational opportunity being offered them. Yet we had the uncomfortable feeling, based on discussions with faculty, tutors, counsellors and students themselves, that too many are missing the full richness of curriculum and instruction Harvard offers. Those who do not excel are of particular concern. In making this comment, we recognize that there is a certain inevitability here, that not all students can be expected to perform...
...structured in a manner that could lead to significant recommendations or decisions. The perception extends to the Faculty Council, with which we met. Such vital faculty responsibilities as the creation of new courses, the formation and substance of the concentrations and the developments of instructional approaches and modes seem to be addressed extensively at the department level without full understanding of the impact on other departments and programs. Moreover, the process and criteria for assigning faculty positions and fellowships, determining workload (or other conditions of employment), sabbatical policy and like matters seem to be unduly mysterious, leading to unhealthy suspicion...
Unfortunately, the price of applying Stone's journalistic skills to the great texts was a lack of philosophical insight. Treating the ancient texts like modern-day government documents, Stone doesn't seem to have been interested in grappling with the secondary literature written on Plato and Socrates during the past millenia or two. Most egregious of all is his failure to deal with the controversial interpretations made by the man most responsible for the renaissance of classical studies in recent years...
...most common reaction to the film, judging from what I overheard in the lobby afterwards, was one of disillusionment with fallen idols. The Stones themselves just didn't seem all that exciting as real people, and touring with them looked something like a drag. All of this seemed to have not a few Stones fans pretty bummed out, and perhaps that was the real reason Jagger wanted the film suppressed. However, those of us who haven't always harbored the secret desire to tour with the Stones were able to appreciate Cocksucker Blues as a finely crafted minor masterpiece...