Word: sissela
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Sissela is not a stranger to the limelight; from childhood on she's never known a day of anonymity. Yet she is not herself among a group of faceless cocktail conversationalists. She trys hard and bears through it all, joining intellectual discussions whenever possible...
Despite the demands upon Sissela Bok for public appearances, it is not very easy to get to talk to her. After Sissela agreed to let a Crimson reporter spend time with her at home, at parties and at meetings, her husband and others persuaded her against it. "Please talk to Deane Lord, she can explain it better," Sissela finally told the Crimson reporter...
Deane Lord, director of the Harvard News Office, charged around her office in a huge raincoat, giving orders to nervous underlings, attempting to look very important before she settled her huge presence into her desk chair. She announced quite firmly that Sissela did not want the family in the article. Derek Bok had explained, regretfully, that the family already lives in a fishbowl...
...This is a first on Sissela," Lord said. "She doesn't want the full profile; what she sees this as is a presentation of her work to the community." The decision was made that Sissela would spend an hour talking solely about her work and her views on child raising. No family related questions were to be discussed. Lord argued a strong case for focusing the article on Sissela's work, "She's more of an impressive scholar than he is," Lord proclaimed finally...
...hour interview with Sissela went on guardedly under the scrutinizing eye of Deane Lord. Any remarks related to the family were checked. Sissela was even cautious about discussing her own academic theories. When asked what specific limitations she would place on fetal research, for example, she replied with a little laugh, "Oh, this is so complicated, maybe its better you know if you call me at home, I could go over my papers and things like that." Her articles are very categorical. Her theories are in outline form. She is very organized. As a guest lecturer on lying and deception...