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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Kennedy does not have to probe very deeply to find in Daley the spirit of an Irish warrior chieftain. Gaelic legend has a mother feeding the weaning morsel to such an infant with the tip of his father's sword: no better means to teach the proper ways of life and death. To Daley, politics was unremitting combat. Once attained, power could not be shared because sharing would tempt others to become chieftains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mayorissimo | 4/3/1978 | See Source »

...passed, the plan would be phased in during the fall of 1979. But it would not be easy to put into effect. Many faculty members traditionally have preferred scholarship to teaching, and specialized graduate courses to basic undergraduate ones. "The real question," says Riesman, "is whether faculty members can be persuaded that they can teach these courses while keeping their peer respect." Furthermore, says Physics Professor Robert Pound, "The likelihood that these enormous courses will cause any excitement is fairly small...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Pulling Back from Permissiveness | 3/27/1978 | See Source »

...subject. Soon he was bringing local psychics to his classes and trading ghostly tales with them. By 1975 he had become so immersed in the otherworldly that he was elected president of the newly formed Iowa Federation of Astrologers. Finally, he got permission from a faculty committee to teach his bizarre course. As Weltha explained to TIME Correspondent Anne Constable: "My academic appetite is restless. I don't like to do anything that's been done before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Reincarnation Furor in Iowa | 3/27/1978 | See Source »

...meantime, he spends three to four days a week in a clinical program, which includes a day in court. Because of his plans for going into trial law after graduating, Turow's participation in the clinical program will form some of the most important lessons the Law School can teach...

Author: By Peter R. Melnick, | Title: Scott Turow, Three L | 3/23/1978 | See Source »

When Claire Mallardi came to Harvard in 1965 to teach courses in dance, she began an annual tradition of holding a spring performance of dances choreographed by her students. The concerts have been steadily growing in size, and this year's will be held on the Loeb Mainstage, following years at the Hasty Pudding Club and the Agassiz Theater...

Author: By Jeremy Metz, | Title: Choreographing the Emotions | 3/22/1978 | See Source »

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