Word: tended
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Actually, their curse has been imposed from outside, but the peasants tend to forget it since the source is gone. Theirs is a common symptom. President Bok, and others in positions of power, have it. In his open letter on issues of race, Bok refused to justify special admittance policies "as a form of compensation for injustices visited upon racial groups especially during earlier periods in our history." Instead, Bok prefers "to rely on different, more forward-looking reasons to explain our policies...
College-level gymnastics for women has other frustrations. "At this age level the men tend to be better than the women," Mendez said, adding. "Women star at 12, 13, 14. Then the men become stronger." Cathy Young '84, one of two female freshmen in the club, added. "Many women start in clubs at age eight and then move on to schools with varsity programs. At Harvard many come from the less intense world of high school, and here they just have club-level training...
...paintings in heavy gold frames, big pantries and good food, chintz sofas, colored cooks and walnut coffee tables . . ." The girls grow out of these comfortable surroundings and into equally comfortable jobs. They become illustrators or work in bookstores or publishing houses. The men they meet and sometimes marry tend to be solid professional types and good providers...
Young professors who do not show a deep interest in scholarship tend to "burn out" as they get older, Bok said, adding that faculty are not hired merely to teach undergraduates, but also to teach graduate students and do research...
Those who agreed included Jean C. MacDowell '84: "A lot of these things tend to separate Third World "students from the rest of the University." Others agreed a center would be "divisive...