Word: teach
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...studying under one of those professors who make Harvard what it is, one of those professors I am spending time and money to study under? No, I am put under a young boy, a man no older than myself, a mere dude. Do you suppose he is competent to teach me anything...
...alumni office and the Radcliffe Institute take very different approaches to choosing. The alumni office has found that what Anway calls the "stellar approach"--finding well-known faculty members who are willing to teach a session on their specialty--gets the best response from alumni, while Downey says the Radcliffe program, which is only in its second year, is more intimate because it is smaller. "We're not in competition with Harvard's huge program, but we try to complement it," she says...
...neighbor named Birdie Bag try, a young flower wilting on the broken vine of old Southern aristocracy, seems to be drawn from Hellman's own mother, the former Julia Newhouse. Like Living, whose one fixed idea throughout the play is to embark on her "mission" to teach "the little colored children." Julia constantly took refuge in religion, mouthing the words to prayers or ducking into the nearest church of whatever denomination, despite the fact that her own affiliation was ostensibly Jewish. Like Birdie, she had a sad, gentle dignity, a refined fragility that set her apart from the rather sordid...
...better example of how Bok's mechanisms could work is in the University's ambitious plan to work with the Department of Health, Education and Welfare in a program for the nation's health managers. For its part of the $ 5-million five-year contract with HEW to teach people with jobs ranging from Blue Cross rate-setters to environmental policy-makers, the University may get to drive home its points about the detriments of HEW-oriented legislation. A possibility would be to show the dangers in health manpower legislation which would dictate to medical schools where doctors...
Hole in One. Waugh, who also developed an effective artificial knee joint three years ago, is currently working on a smaller version of the U.C.I, ankle for children. He will soon leave for Sweden to teach other surgeons his ankle-replacement technique, which may prove particularly valuable for dealing with severe arthritis. Says he: "One of the good things about this operation is that any competent orthopedic surgeon can do it without much problem. It should bring tremendous relief to thousands of crippled persons." Waugh's patients share his enthusiasm for the ankle, which costs $375, plus the cost...