Word: therings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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"There's a very strong line there," says University President Neil L. Rudenstine. "The guidelines for accepting gifts are very clear--we determine priorities and we determine uses."
There's a country called Oz. A lot of donors are interested in Oz--it's an economically, linguistically and culturally interesting area. A number of donors all want to donate to the study of Oz. The Department of Oz Studies has an overflowing treasury and a slew of experts...
But the studies of a number of other countries are underfunded. The Department of Wonderland is struggling. There is no one to teach classes in the Narnian Language Department. And there are no visiting scholars from Xanadu.
At the time, Koc's son told the Gazette, "Lately, Turkey has been not quite understood by the West--there is often a question in Westerners' minds about which direction Turkey will eventually take. We think it is important that Harvard--as a center of excellence--lead the way with...
"When I came there were no graduates with money for just modern Greek. Now 18 have done doctorates with a modern Greek element," she says. "That's quite an impressive number.