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However, the student activism that administrators seem to resent so today acted as a crucial catalyst for change in the 1960s. "There was a role that Black militant processes played," Kilson said at a recent forum. "They put activist pressure on the American academic power structures to open up curriculum structures to Afro-American Studies...
...Scholars will want to come to Harvard because he is here. He will attract graduate students and enrich the pool of junior scholars," continues Gomes. "He is a catalyst. You can't underestimate the impor- tance of a single individual...I can't think of a single scholar who will have the impact I believe he will have...
...catalyst of the Harvard comeback was Peter Condakes. The sophomore center, who only recently stepped into a starting role, tied a Harvard record with six three-pointers. Condakes set the tone for the second half by drilling his third trey of the game on Harvard's initial possession. His next three-pointer gave the Crimson its first lead of the game, 48-45. Condakes' final bomb put Harvard up by three, 58-55, and set the stage for the final minute...
...have a silver lining if it forces Americans to confront the legacy of 1980s-style borrowing and spending, which threatens to stifle growth for years to come. "We simply cannot go on doing business as usual in so intensely competitive a world," Sinai said. "This downturn may be a catalyst that will wake up the nation." If the recession does help inspire the U.S. to face its long-term economic problems, hard times could help achieve what eight years of debt-fueled prosperity could...
...play maintains a comic pitch even at its most tense and powerful moments. Billy turns his sense of betrayal and anger into a catalyst for self-knowledge as he incessantly jokes about his illness throughout the play. But this comic element underscores the paradox that the play adresses: the "insane" are more sane than the "sane." As Teddy jokes to Irene at one point, "He's insane, you know, which is advantageous...because it's curable, while sanity...