Word: things
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Well, one thing I do want to be very clear about is that the development of our Core Curriculum was purely and simply an effort to improve the education of students at Harvard College. There was no intent of any kind to try to construct a model curriculum for anyone else and there was no intent of any kind to ever seek publicity for what we were doing. So that to some extent the impression may have been created because the newspapers picked it up that Harvard was purporting to provide the answer for everyone else--that is an artifact...
...handling investments in companies which operate in South Africa, Radcliffe has quietly pursued its own means of dealing with the divestiture issue. Says Burton I. Wolfman, administrative dean of Radcliffe (and one of the dozen or so men affiliated with the administration of Radcliffe), "The easiest thing for us to do would be what Harvard is doing. But instead we're cautiously trying to discover our own way to see if we can get a broader perspective on the whole issue of our investment policy...
...Sillitoe and others raged against the ossifying and stultifying British class system, Amis' feckless young professor did his best to fit in. Unfortunately, or fortunately, Jim's private loathing for the nest of ninnies that ruled his academic career kept coming to the fore. It was one thing to make secret faces when other backs were turned or to plan baroque revenges against his superiors, but quite another to wind up drunk on public occasions where prudence advised sobriety. Jim was finally booted, but Amis gave him a loud last laugh: he got the girl of his choice...
...that was 25 years ago. The inspired comedy of Lucky Jim has worn well, and so has Amis the man of letters. His characters, though, as Jake's Thing demonstrates, have grown pinched and crabby with age. Jake Richardson, 59, and his overweight wife Brenda have a problem. "I realized," Jake explains to his doctor, "something that used to be a big part of my life wasn't there any more." That thing is sex. A brash American who leads an encounter group grudgingly attended by Jake puts the matter succinctly: "What's with Jake is that...
...tossed out indictments against two insurance companies that hired a Denver detective agency that allegedly trained employees to impersonate doctors and bribed hospital personnel to obtain medical records. The court's reasoning: theft statutes could not be used to prosecute the firms because such information is not a "thing of value...