Word: turned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...prestige erodes, Faculty members find it easier and easier to leave the University for other schools, or simply to turn down the offer to come to Cambridge in the first place...
...appeal of more money and time for researchwas too powerful to turn down when compared to theburdens of committee work and the diminishingstature in the larger field that he encountered atHarvard, Fiorina says...
...Right now the problem we're having is really with the power supply. If you turn it off, you can't turn it back on again," he said...
...freshmen who were dissecting and analyzing "Harvard's Hottest" from the get go, just relax. Stop being so Harvard. The verdict: "Harvard's Hottest" was for a good cause. The turn-out in Lowell Lecture Hall suggests that Smith and Michaelson were simply feeding into a culture consumed by appearance and money. Does this absolve them? Take it to Annenberg...
What's the solution? Don't cut the program-turn it into a more substantive affair. There needs to be some sort of educational component to the show. Prepare the host to read the names of the groups appropriately (Halle Berry and Will Smith both butchered their pronunciation), and give the student performers a minute to describe the significance of their performance. Provide additional context about the performances in the brochure, and hand out information about each individual ethnic student organization at the food fair. At least that way we're making an effort to extend the discourse on difference...