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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...business of the administration is to take some of the clerical duties off the hands of the faculty; to do whatever is necessary to preserve the university both from financial worries and from intrusions of religious bigotry or political power; and to create a community where excellence of any sort is recognized and encouraged...
...awkwardness of the CEO in the seat of government soon wears off, however. "When you become familiar with the process, you become willing to go down to Washington increasingly more," Adam says. "it's a confidence that's sort of self-feeding...I see a lot more enthusiasm within the organization (the Business Roundtable) in the last two years than I saw previously...
...policy, or when Bok and Dean Rovosky smugly dismiss students' attempts to gain a real say in the formulation of their own curriculum, the silence is an echo. Granted, Bok is a smoother man than Pusey--as the Corporation and Overseers realized when they named him, he is the sort to rely on calm words, rather than police violence, to settle confrontations--but he has shown little more sensitivity to student concerns than did his predecessor. The echoes of 1969 grow louder with each day that Harvard waffles on its ethical responsibilities. The faces have changed, but little else...
...last year at Harvard, a physician warned him that he had overtaxed his heart and must lead a more sedentary life. Vowed Teddy: "Doctor, I'm going to do all the things you tell me not to do. If I've got to live the sort of life you have described, I don't care how short...
...radiation released from the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant during the recent crisis is slowly dispersing into the atmosphere, but the scary accident is having fallout of another sort--anti-nuclear protests exploded in the Boston area and around the country this week...