Word: offing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Although there has been no indication when preliminary negotiations would be completed and appointments announced, the need to arrange a smooth transition period between the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations means the positions will probably be filled by the first week of January.
Positions may have been offered to a substantial number of members of the University and M.I.T. faculties, including John Kenneth Galbraith, Archibald Cox, Robert R. Bowie, Abram Chayes, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and Walt W. Rostow.
The Harvard Debate Council last week elected a new state of officers for the coming year. The results of the election are as follows: President, Alan K. Henrikson '62; Vice President, Laurence Tribe '62; Director of Competitions, Charles Stevenson '63; Corresponding Secretary, J. Eugene Clements '63; Home Secretary, James Vaughter...
The development of higher education in southern Asia will require a great deal of time and effort, Edwin O. Reischauer, director of the Harvard-Yenching institute, declared yesterday.
Reischauer, who returned last week from a six month tour of Asia, was pessimistic about chances for the development of a scholarly community with a true international outlook in southern Asia, even though education in East Asia has reached an extremely high level.