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Word: spans (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with the university as an institution. The case for vesting faculties with the final responsibility for appointments, curriculum, and degree requirements rests on their professional qualifications and on the fact that they must live with their decisions over many student generations, rather than over a short time span. To emphasize this is not to derogate the abilities or the perspicacity of students, nor is it to reject the need for a student advisory input on the curriculum and related matters through new or improved channels. But faculty and students are not equals in training, knowledge, and experience. To ignore greater...

Author: By T. S. Eliot, | Title: The Fainsod Report | 10/20/1969 | See Source »

...large and unwieldy body. The Dean of the Faculty, as we noted earlier, is charged by the Statutes of the University with responsibility "for the proper preparation and conduct of its business." As the Report of the Dunlop Committee pointed out, "For many years the responsibility and span of authority of the Dean have been very large and have been growing." That Committee "compiled a list of 117 offices, departments, activities and staff under the cognizance of the Dean." Clearly the Dean shoulders a very heavy burden...

Author: By T. S. Eliot, | Title: The Fainsod Report | 10/20/1969 | See Source »

...surrealistic minutes from 6 to 6:15 p. m., last night-the life span of the convocation-did produce one worthwhile result. Those who voted against the anti-war resulution at the Faculty meeting-or at least the 44 of them who bothered to stay for the convocation-got a chance to say what, they personally thought about...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: Gathering Shows Legislative Woes | 10/8/1969 | See Source »

...Geronimo, whose life is an encouraging story. He led Apaches on the warpath three times over a span of thirty years before surrendering to General Miles on September 4, 1886. But after that Geronimo reconciled his lot. He became a Christian and joined the Dutch Reform Church. He attended the St. Louis World's Fair and the Buffalo and Omaha Expositions. Geronimo rode in the inaugural parade of President Theodore Roosevelt...

Author: By John G. Short, | Title: Welcome to the Dallas Wax Museum | 10/8/1969 | See Source »

...time. Nothing is quite so easy as not to write a book for a show. If plot insists on cropping up, be opaque. A story line that cannot be followed may not be exposed for the meaningless rot that it is. Always assume that the audience has the attention span of an agitated grasshopper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Musicals: A Guide to Modcom | 10/3/1969 | See Source »

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