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Sands, who, along with O'Hara and McCreesh, has been touring the United States to stir up support for the hunger strikers, finished by praising Boston Irish Americans in particular for their support...
...Philosopher Mortimer Adler-compiler of the 54-volume set of the Great Books of the Western World, outliner of the 102 Great Ideas of All Time-is loose again, doing what he does best, teaching. In an experimental session at Wye Plantation in Queenstown, Md., he is trying to stir up high school students on the subject of Aristotle and other philosophers. "I want to do it," explains Adler, 18 months shy of his 80th birthday, "because I want to show it can be done." Adler has long believed that ancient philosophers and Great Ideas can be, and should...
Controversies sprang up sporadically this year, arousing emotions in several parts of the University. The most publicized stir arose when the Sociology Department's senior Faculty members voted last fall not to recommend Theda R. Skocpol, associate professor of Sociology, for a tenured position. Those who voted against Skocpol--whose book, States and Social Revolutions, won one of the profession's highest awards--said they did so on the basis of her academic work. But some members of the department speculated that Skocpol's gender may have had something to do with the decision...
Although the discovery of four pieces of type beneath the Wadsworth Gate did not affect the scientific world, it caused quite a stir among historians and anthropologists when it was announced in March. Found while construction on the new subway line continued, the type was dated before 1674 and is believed to be linked with the first printing press in America...
...strong albeit young corps behind, and promising another EIBL title. But erratic pitching and overall inconsistency relegated the team to a fifth-place finish in the Eastern League. One highlight was junior Greg Brown's no-hitter against Penn. Yale's All-American moundsman Ronnie Darling also created a stir when he came to Cambridge, attracting nearly a dozen radar-gun-toting major league scouts and, of course, beating Harvard...