Word: uppers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...book itself (which will appear this month as a Book-of-the-Month Club selection in the U.S.). Written by Novelist John le Carré (The Spy Who Came In from the Cold), it takes apart not only Philby but the Secret Intelligence Service (S.I.S.) and the British upper classes...
...criticism. "Stop boxing," he grumbles, or "Stop moving your fanny; I'm not teaching ballet." Even a compliment may be prefaced with "That was the worst thing I have seen in my whole life." Such treatment, says Swarowsky, "strengthens their character and teaches them how to gain the upper hand of the orchestra...
...causes inflammation of the lower respiratory tract, bronchiolitis (as distinct from upper-respiratory bronchitis) and pneumonia...
...matter. But it does not seem that these measures would be financially unfeasible when one considers the expense of other projects now underway. A new House is great. But expanding a system is progress only if the system is viable. What is the point of extending a system of upper-classmen residences when the basic rules of that system are failing to achieve a major goal--the maintenance of microcosms of Harvard's diversity...
...almost any standard, Neil Rudenstine is the Successful Teacher. He is friendly and witty and handsome. At 33, he is assistant professor of English at Harvard, giving his own upper-level courses in Elizabethan English Literature, as well as sharing the guidance of Hum 6 with venerable Reuben Brower. He has studied at Princeton (where he graduated summa cum laude in 1956) and Oxford (where he went as a Rhodes Scholar for three years) and Harvard (where he got his Ph.D...