Word: slavic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reluctant to play the Russian sage or the Slavic mystic. Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky had those parts sewed up, and besides, Chekhov was offended by the pronouncements of those who felt above the battle. "All great wise men," he said, with the author of War and Peace in mind, "are as despotic as generals and as impolite and insensitive as generals because they are confident of their impunity...
UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE in charge here continue to make decisions behind closed mahogany doors. They seem to believe those who pay the bills won't mind as long as they are distracted by a Yale choir singing Slavic folk tunes at a birthday bash where Harvard profs become what Professor of Astronomy and of the History of Science Owen J. Gingerich called, "a song-and-dance team for the alumni...
...Chaput, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature...
Literature Chairman and Reisinger Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature Jurij Striedter says in a letter circulated with the report that by restricting its review of Literature to tutorials and courses offered under the auspices of the concentration, the review committee failed to consider the influence of one half of Literature instruction...
...most professors, and some of their department chairmen, feel that small classes are important. "The university has an intellectual commitment to various subjects," says George G. Grabowiez, chairman of the Slavic Languages and Literatures Department, which this year is offering one single-person course. "Even though it may not be as popular, a course that attracts even one student may have great intellectual validity...