Word: procession
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...Sibelius had put on his white suit and that broad brimmed, flat-crowned hat of tan felt which so often appears in his photographs. He was in high spirits and conversation was lively. It was about history, literature, music, philosophy, ethics, the demonic element in the creative process, and a good deal else which I have never felt at liberty to repeat. He also talked of Goethe, Byron, Wagner, Ibsen, Emerson, Brahms, of his own preference in working hours, of what to do when the spring refusesto flow, and about his relationship with his publishers...
...reason for my termination, I believe, was that I fairly and impartially administered the law, and in the process of so doing refused on numerous occasions to act in a manner that I felt was contrary to the spirit of the law," Spadafora said...
...Governing Boards. As the two student bodies become more nearly one, so should the efforts of the Governing Boards. This process should be expedited by a Joint Committee composed of Harvard Overseers and Radcliffe Trustees, which should meet at least two or three times a year to review problems of the joint operation. In reviewing how well the provisions of this agreement work in practice, the Governing Boards of Harvard and the Trustees of Radcliffe should make use of the services of the Committee of the Overseens to visit Harvard College. "Radcliffe" should be included in the name of that...
...Trained as a banker, he gradually turned to politics. During the 1948 war for independence, Sapir went abroad to raise the funds to buy the guns. Thereafter he served as the moneyman for both the government and the party, building up a strong political machine in the process. Two years ago, when the late Premier Levi Eshkol first fell ill and the Labor Party secretariat met to discuss a successor, Sapir designated Golda Meir. Three months later, when Eshkol died, the choice became fact...
...Louis University has scrapped its schools of aeronautical science and dentistry, letting 40 faculty members go in the process; at Harvard, programs have shrunk in the schools of design, divinity and education. Berkeley is doing without research institutes in social sciences and earthquakes; Tulane has dropped six graduate programs. Predominantly black Fisk is phasing out its Afro-American Institute. For every cutback mentioned in the report, says Cheit, there are many more at other institutions. Numerous schools are reducing urban-service programs, library books and scholarships for poor or minority-group students...