Word: seemly
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...that field," he notes. Because of this problem, the executive committee may offer candidates joint appointments. But some Afro-Am faculty say that desire for joint appointments indicates a disturbing lack of commitment to Afro-American Studies. Benjamin says, "A wholesale commitment to the department is necessary--many people seem to feel that being allied with another department gives them a legitimacy. There are many black scholars who have yet to come to terms with the legitimacy of Afro-American Studies as an intellectual discipline," he notes. Benjamin also says that a rapid turnover rate among junior faculty...
Afro-American Studies' birth at Harvard was indeed painful. The department, created in the aftermath of the Harvard strike of 1969, can't seem to shake that era's legacy of tension, fear and bitterness. Even the Faculty vote establishing the department sparked a major controversy, for the body had committed the exceptionally rare action of disregarding a committee recommendation...
Although these are legitimate fears, we believe that the committee should not be condemned before it is given a chance. True, past administration efforts have not always appeared to be in good faith, but the committee members seem genuinely anxious to try this time...
However, the fall part of the season could offer the best opportunities of the year for Harvard wins. In addition to the same three tournaments as last year, three potential victories in dual matches seem possible. But when spring's big kids from the South and fall's monsters from the Ivies confront the racquetwomen, the new kids in the big-time tennis world still might get picked...
...Miller, Carter and the congressmen who came out for the guaranteed loan were playing political footsie, not political hardball, with Chrysler. The politicans seem to believe that the government-guaranteed loan is somehow radically new and different from Chrysler's original proposal of a tax credit. Just this weekend, Miller issued a curt statement that the tax credit "would not be acceptable...