Word: spotting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have a high tolerance for ambiguity. Few other Harvard seniors are willing to leap into the world with so few safety nets. Many may not know what they are doing after graduation, but for most that is a temporary condition soon rectified by a steadily paying job or a spot in a graduate school. These actors have chosen to pursue a career even when there are few jobs...
...informal search gets underway, officials say they are working from a 300-name list compiled the last time a spot opened up two years...
Critics, including a Rice professor of history and Harvard Professor of Law Alan Dershowitz, claim that the younger von Weizsacker has distorted the historical record to exonerate his father. Even defenders of the German president concede that he may have a blind spot when it comes to assessing his father's role in Nazi Germany...
...English Departments have been the most noticeable, however, perhaps because of the large number of undergraduate concentrators in each one. The American field was hardest hit in each department. English Department Chairman Joel Porte admits that a student who wants to study America at Harvard is "in a tough spot...
...Perhaps, he has a blind spot about hisfather's [actions]," the former Dean of theFaculty said. But he added, "for a son to attemptto defend his father is an understandable act."Rosovsky also pointed out that von Weizsackerreceived an honorary degree from Tel AvivUniversity and had recently made a state visit toIsrael...