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Word: suggestibility (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Larry Weinstein is very tactful. In his earnest but soft spoken manner, he explained that the Writing Center does not pretend that there is only one way to write. The staff only tries to suggest new approaches that might enable the student to express himself more easily...

Author: By John Sedgwick, | Title: Helping Johnny Write | 11/13/1976 | See Source »

...standardized tests. Unfortunately, much of such material fails to take into consideration the vast efforts and resources this country put into burning the scars of deprivation and inequality into millions of its citizens. The doors of opportunity were never open to any appreciable number of minority group people. To suggest that all things are equal and the same with various groups is nothing less than intellectual dishonesty...

Author: By Walter J. Leonard, | Title: A tower of glass, not ivory | 11/9/1976 | See Source »

...favor new and bigger buildings. Building codes are geared to new construction. And lenders do not consider old buildings good risks." But there follows merely a series of arguments to persuade developers and lenders to invest in old buildings. Disappointingly, the authors don't seize the opportunity to suggest new legislation, nor do they sufficiently analyze ways a community could keep its minor landmarks from the hands of big business...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Why 1304 Mass Ave Really Matters | 11/5/1976 | See Source »

Rosovsky says the Faculty is really waiting to see what Shinagel is going to suggest, and feels the Faculty will most likely go along with whatever he proposes. Shinagel was chosen as an administrative centralizer, Rosovsky says: "We're not yet satisfied that we know exactly where we're going; neither does Shinagel at this point." Rosovsky is sympathetic to the Extension School's aims: 'It's good for the University to make available some of its knowledge and talents and minds to the community." But he insists that "we stand for a certain kind of quality in education--liberal...

Author: By Daniel E. Larkin, | Title: Harvard's Pledge to Public Education: Hints at a New Trend-Setting Role? | 11/3/1976 | See Source »

...sent her plummeting down the hill to the Connecticut? There was heavy-duty partying from 9 in the morning before the game until 3 in the morning after the game. You, yourself, repudiate the possibility of the Green soccer victory as a cause for the brouhah. Do you suggest that it was just that we, in our trademarked slovenly drunkards manner, were drowning our sorrows in beer?... Obnoxious? I leave it to the normal Harvardite to respond to that one for me. 3) Return to no. 2. 4) "Hangover"! You must have read that on a bumper sticker somewhere...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kangaroo Court | 11/2/1976 | See Source »

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