Word: affectation
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Ulam agrees with Hoffmann that the prominent politicians are unable to "say any more than they could on T.V." when they appear at Harvard as public speakers. It would be much better to concentrate on the less prominent figures who could describe the pressures that affect their posture. But even here he is pessimistic about the possibilities: "There are very few men who can express themselves well enough to aptly describe the political process," he said...
...much controversy within the state. Reagan has been roundly denounced for his cost-trimming efforts-most notably by Cartoonist Bill Conrad of the Los Angeles Times (see cuts). Editorially, the Times has been cool to the Governor's tuition proposal, and to a budget cut that would affect university quality...
...current international situation, the automatic giving of A's to students, hence-forth called the A-plan, is designed to eliminate various extraneous influences upon the educational process, viz. students unduly concentrating upon getting good grades, and teachers bearing the responsibility of deciding upon grades which may seriously affect a student's future...
...fail every student in the course, and, at the end of the term, does. The advantages of the F-plan are obvious. Students will not concentrate excessively upon getting high grades in the course, and the teacher is spared the responsibility of making the decisions which may so seriously affect a student's future. Unlike the A-plan, the F-plan does not distort the educational process by encouraging a student to take a course solely because he will get a good grade. Indeed, under the F-plan, a teacher will be teaching only serious minded students who clearly...
...undergraduate courses are taught. They have reservations about graduate programs but no means to express them. In general, their influence in the University seems to them incommensurate with their numbers (Harvard has more than 900 TF's) and their importance. They hunger to be consulted on the issues that affect them, and they want some kind of recognition of their function as teachers...