Word: place
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Saying that the courtyard is "enormously acoustically sensitive," Thomas added that "you can hear normal conversations" that take place in the courtyard...
...Twenty-five years seem to go by very fast when you are working in a dynamic place like Harvard," he said. "After such a long time in the same job I just have to take some time to think about my future...
President Derek C. Bok still runs things from his Mass. Hall vantage point, and first-year students still live in the Yard. The much-vaunted house system and Core Curriculum are still in place, and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences still has but a handful of women and minority professors...
...academic equivalent of a dead-end street, and that creates a morale problem...First, Harvard should start hiring minorities and women--not just make noises about how it's trying very hard...Second, departments should begin appointing young, promising scholars. Finally--and most importantly for undergraduates--the Faculty must place far greater emphasis on teaching ability in its hiring decisions...
Baker called Shevardnadze's visit "a good thing" and said, "It's very natural in light of the changes that are taking place and continuing to take place...