Word: whole
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...long divorced Paul wonders if anyone knows what causes divorce. They all do. Lorraine says, "The whole purpose in life for our mothers, even going to college, was to be married. I couldn't imagine getting married so soon." She demands to know why you should get married anyway. Just to have kids? Why not adopt? It might be unfair to the kid, someone suggests. Probably, kids need both parents, they agree, both role models, to learn about relationships. They concur, tentatively, that parents themselves might need both parents to raise kids...
...think but Slemrode suggests that preconceptions can influence results. "My prediction (of the economy's next move) depends on all the assumptions I've had to make. Because that's true I try to test the model with many different assumptions," he explains. Slemrode says that basic to the whole project is the conservative assumption that all markets stay in equilibrium...
...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...
...what effect has the whole controversy had on the K-School? "I learned that as dean of the school I need to be more sensitive to the feelings and concerns of all the school's constituencies so as to avoid actions of such offense that parties can be harmed," Allison says, adding, "This is not to say all parties will approve of all actions the school will take. This is also not to put my finger into the wind and follow wherever prevailing sentiments...
...development of the Core has been an unfortunate lesson in the Administration's perception of students. Harvard administrators like to make changes quietly, presenting the results as a completed whole before the Faculty and the public. True to form, the Core arrived in the face of negative student opinion and without student input. Non-voting student members have served on committees reviewing the courses, but Rosovsky ordered them not to talk about the proposals, minimizing their contact with other undergraduates...