Word: seriousness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...vital to the function of the University" as described in the Resolution on Rights and Responsibilities is a broad charge, it is the feeling of the Committee that the elements of continuing harassment and escalation of tactics present in this incident made it an unambiguous "obstruction" in the most serious sense of the word...
...forcible confinement of an individual and serious, ongoing obstruction and harassment-makes it impossible for any part of the University so treated to continue to function. Such a threat to any part of the University is an implicit threat to all of it. And, even in cases where such tactics may accelerate a needed change, the entire University pays a great price in the deterioration of the fundamental relationships between its members...
...which computer technology is developing puts very serious constraints on us: its development in the next few years may have a very profound effect for a rather long future. Only the very active participation of social scientists right now will succeed in directing the development of computer technology in ways advantageous...
Ideally the compliance officer would do more than simply monitor the agreement; he would also actively work to iron out problems arising in the implementation of the agreement. And problems-serious ones-will inevitably arise. Any appreciable increase in black employment on construction here cannot come from University action alone, but only as a result of continual and complex bargaining among Harvard, white contractors and sub-contractors, black sub-contractors, and white unions...
This is no great production of Hamlet, but it's not bad either. Most fortunately, the cast has not conspired to try to outdo the work. They have fun with Hamlet: avoid being over-serious or self-important, and that's refreshing in a production of a classic...