Word: ve
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Derek earns more respect than warmth and affection," O'Brien says. "I've never quite worked around anyone who was as free of gossip. Personalities were never something that fascinated him, as they almost always are in a university...
...Stone is legally one of the owners of Harvard University," Bliss Professor of History John Womack told the assembled protesters. "If you talk about corporate responsibility at Pittston, you've got to talk about corporate responsibility at Harvard...
...might as well stop right there. I've never given to Harvard and I never will," insists an alumnus, finding open ear on which to vent all his frustrations with this school...
...release, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Professor Jones instructs his class to do exactly the opposite of what brings him success. In a way, what we've learned in the last four years poses straw figures for us to knock down. For most, knowing about deconstruction, 16th century Japanese history and "the iron triangle" have little relevance in our lives; teaching us how to learn is really just Harvard's euphemism for teaching us whatever the professors feel like sharing...
...elderly alumus once asked me the percentage of women students. When I told him it was less than 40 percent, he said, "That is a disproportionate share." Of course, I thought, we've grown up thinking women can achieve the same as men and it would make sense if Harvard reflected that by admitting a fair share. "It's too many women," he continued, "They just want to come to Harvard to prove they can do it, then they quit their jobs a few years later to have children." He went on to explain about "those Asian students who beat...