Word: speakes
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Fearing any attempt to play prophet in front of a University "family gathering," Conant publicly changed his assignment. He chose to speak more generally about why private universities like Harvard were still important for the future in the midst of a devastating depression...
Local 254 officials and Harvard negotiators would not speak publicly about the negotiation process. Allegations abounded that the union's leadership was too disorganized to negotiate effectively or was too cozy with the Harvard administration...
...ambitious:It called for Radcliffe to maintain a large rolein undergraduate education and to have 15 or morepermanent faculty members. The new Institute wouldhave an annual budget of about $50 million, morediscretionary money than all but the largest ofthe University's faculties--or tubs, as they'reknown in Harvard-speak...
Knowles talks about Dunn with affection--a"marvelously warm and wise person," he calls her.They speak of each like good friends--and perhapsthey are. Knowles' wife Jane has served asRadcliffe College archivist in the SchlesingerLibrary for 20 years and has worked alongside Dunnsince she came to Radcliffe as director of theSchlesinger...
...Nowadays, university presidents aren't thoughtto speak out as much as they used to. It isn'tthat Neil makes major policy pronouncements, butthere is work done in a more indirect way,"Armstrong says...