Word: somewhat
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...Harvard loomed large in American society; the "Hahvahd man" entered the nation's lore as a figure to be, depending on one's point of view, admired or despised. J.P. Marquand observed somewhat ambiguously that "if you have ever been to Harvard, you will never be allowed to forget it." F. Scott Fitzgerald, a devoted Princetonian, was blunter. "I don't know why," said Amory Blaine, one of his heroes, "but I think of all Harvard men as sissies...
...successor, James Bryant Conant, was a chemist of somewhat more talent than Eliot, and he was to play an important part in the development of the atom bomb. He led Harvard through World War II, when the Yard swarmed with more soldiery than it had seen since the Revolutionary War. When it subsequently swarmed with veterans, Conant introduced the influential "general education" program that required all students to take survey courses in the humanities, sciences and social sciences...
Very much like its brother and sister colleges, Harvard is not happy with the reduced social commitment among undergraduates. Though virtually no one wants to go back to the bad old days of the tumultuous 1960s, morally concerned faculty and students deplore the cautious, somewhat self-centered mind-set that seems to have invaded the campus. However, Senior D. Joseph Menn of Los Angeles, a socialist, makes the point, "There's been too much made of apathy. A better word is disillusionment. People have to worry more about paying off student loans when they get out and competing...
Felix Frankfurter Professor of law Abram Chayes '43 agreed with Gorelick's criticisms. He said he was disheartened to be "training so many of these young people to go off and do things that you wouldn't do yourself and which are somewhat problematic in an ethical sense...
...sort of reflection ofHarvard's growing interest in the internationalworld. The choice to seek someone with anvitation. His official connection is as a graduateand official of Cambridge University as well aspresident of the International COuncil of UnitedWorld Colleges, but as MacCaffrey says, "To bequite honest, the connection is a somewhat tenuousone." Whatever his ties, Prince Charles seems tohave quite a following as the convocation--whichapproximately 20,000 people will attend--has beensold out for about a week...