Word: needlessness
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Plainly, the road toward East-West detente is not exactly a high-speed expressway. It is vulnerable, moreover, to the sort of old-fashioned petty nationalism that is still able to poison relations between states. Last week, after a needless spasm of local hatreds had spoiled the atmosphere, Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito canceled what would have been his first official visit to Rome. The flare-up involved Trieste, the Adriatic port city that has been disputed territory for many years and that nearly became a casus belli between East and West after World...
...lockstep pattern. At one level, the commission envisions a simplified system that would sharply reduce the "credential society's" 1,600 specialized degrees to 160. Full-time students could earn degrees faster. High schools would teach college-freshman courses, for example, thus creating three-year colleges. The often needless and narrow Ph.D. degree would be limited to a few researchers. The standard advanced degree would be a new doctor of arts, earned only four years after...
Steve Monsulik will compete at 126 lbs., hoping to improve on his, 1-14, record last season. "He'd never seen a wrestling meet last year at any time until he wrestled in our opener against Wesleyan. He just decided to go out last year and needless to say he has improved immensely," said...
...Gordon's love of track both provided Harvard with its indoor track "bubble" and introduced him to Segal, author of America's favorite novel, Love Story. Segal was on the Harvard track team with Gordon's son Albert N. Gordon '59, who was, needless to say, captain of the team...
...mean releasing all internal communications on its operations abroad. If any guiltless individuals are to be unjustly harmed by such publications, it would be perfectly possible for their names only to be deleted; the availability of the reports should be for purposes of policy appraisal, not for those of needless vilification. It is essential to recognize, however, that the official activities of prominent individuals and organizations, such as General Suharto or the DAS, are not a matter of private privilege but legitimate public concern...