Word: possession
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There are in this world wise men and fools, humorous men and bores. And Harvard's faculty has representatives of each. But there are no men who possess the magical "teaching ability" that is the focus of the tenure debate...
Everybody also knows that the two superpowers possess enough nuclear firepower to destroy the earth many times over...
Students who work on the dorm crew, deliver newspapers, or have other jobs that require them to enter all of the dorms are allowed to possess pass keys, but College policy forbids other students from copying these keys...
Other questions seem downright strange. The most bizarre reads: "What do you feel is the most essential quality for a fictional character to possess in order to establish contact with an audience?" Alarmed to discover that final exams are not over, I muddle through the form, read through the excerpt from the play, and anxiously await my turn...
...Harvard's institutional grandeur, alumni, with the exception of a growing and relatively successful group of activists, view the Board of Overseers as a passive and advisory entity in the governing structure, designed to help support rather then evaluate the administration. By charter the 30 democratically elected members possess broad powers of review and oversight that promise a concerned alumni body far greater responsibility for everything from budgetary proceedings to investment policy and faculty and administration appointments. The board has the right to take back the authority it long ago ceded to the Corporation. Instead of prohibiting members to talk...