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Harvard, as well as every other American college, is caught in a difficult situation. It has to abandon its old function of professional training, which has been taken on by graduate schools, and find a new role for itself in American society. That the college will have a role is inevitable. The American people are convinced of the magic of a college education, and will continue to make it part of the life pattern for their sons and daughters...
Although Government is the first department to abandon Instructorships completely, other departments have faced the same recruiting problems and have modified their hiring policies. Spokesmen from the Economics and Social Relations departments said that in the past few years they have "slowly decreased" Instructorships by selectively offering Assistant Professor positions
Faustus goes home and, after a few fancy ruminations, decides to abandon the ways of God. You get the idea that he used to be very godly and noble--Burton always looks either noble or once-noble no matter what part he plays. But when he repudiates his whole life after five minutes though, you have just put it down to the depravity...
...seemed hopeless after she fell badly last month and strained the ligaments in an ankle. Last week, vowing "I'll either win or I'll fall," she strapped on her white helmet with TIGER emblazoned across the front and slashed through the giant slalom course with such abandon that she beat Runner-Up Annie Famose of France for the gold medal by almost three seconds...
Only one week ago, on February 10, the slate of delegates met for the first time in a Concord motel and decided to start the campaign in earnest. On that same day, unofficial Kennedy and Reagan write-in groups decided to abandon their efforts...