Word: offing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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It is unfortunate that 20th Century Week could not have received a more balanced appraisal than that given it in your article of December 16. Surely some content evaluation of the seminars and panels was called for. Nor would it have been amiss to explore the evolution and conduct of...
I should like to rectify two specific misimpressions: First, there is no call to resort to an easy criticism of the program's aims. There were quite well defined by last June and your reporter could easily have obtained a copy of the program subcommittee's report of that date...
Secondly, the description given of the financing is incomplete and inaccurate. The Ford Foundation at no time "offered to put up the entire sum needed" nor did we ever approach them seriously for money--they assisted us by advising us about other foundations. Had the author of your article opened...
My final criticism of the article is quite simple--it made no effort to assess the roles played by the various members of the 20th Century Week Committee. For six months or better, a group of undergraduates set themselves to formulating this program. They made a major contribution of their...
The purpose of the conference, sponsored by the National Student Association, is to bring together the Algerian refugees who are studying at American universities and get them to know each other.