Word: subset
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Treating students and alumni as a community rather than a subset of a grand institution greater than all of us has other implications as well. One of the most frequent complaints registered by students and faculty alike concerns what some describe as the cold, absolutist, individualist atmosphere of the University. Even Bok admitted in a recent speech his own disappointment with the lack of intellectual camaraderie among professors. students frequently view their experience as an expensive ticket to individual success rather than a personal reflection of themselves and those with whom they live and study. Without any enticement to recognize...
...Constant variations on the theme of "cultural exchange." A ballet here, a consulate there--what better way to attack mutual enmity? Lown's linkage with Soviet doctors can be considered a subset of this. Such a Samantha Smith approach to international relations is particularly attractive because it looks innocuous. It takes a pretty tough cookie to bring up the nasty issue of millions dead in Afghanistan when Mikhail offers us his best dancers...
Arts On The Line, a subset of the Cambridge Arts Council, is coordinating visual arts for the MBTA at the new Harvard, Porter, Davis and Alewife stops...
Krieger can, for instance, tell you just who it was who came up with what is now his universal vocal community nickname: Bernie the Roach. He can tell you which member of the Harvard Krokodiloes (in the early '70s still a subset of the Glee Club) thought of rewriting the lyrics to "yo ho" during which rehearsals in which room in Sever. (The produce of that effort appears elsewhere on the page.) He will even tell you he doesn't mind the nickname. "I have never been sure," he will tell you, "whether the roach they referred to was something...
...dissatisfaction with CRR stems not from its "tainted" origin, but from its shadowy nature. CRR appears to give students some voice in handling of a subset of disciplinary cases, but CRR has in reality no clear jurisdiction and could be easily circumvented. The method of selection of student representatives is haphazard...