Word: regression
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard should aim for progress, not regress. FAS could make the first progressive step by acting swiftly to create the administrative infrastructure to utilize the Mellon Grant. In addition, Dr. Mas-Collel should delineate his objectives as Dean in a written plan with goals and timetables. Lucy Haeran Koh '90 Chairperson Undergraduate Council Committee on Minority and Women Faculty Recruitment
...foremost masterpieces in modern Scandinavian design are still those of the familiar masters, among them Aalto, Wirkkala, Denmark's Arne Jacobsen, and Sweden's Gunnar Asplund and Sven Markelius. But there are also many new names to reassure us that the tradition need not regress to mannerist neodeco or yield to the common denominator of market-researched commercialism. Scandinavian design, in fact, is still as vigorous at the end of this century as it was at the beginning...
...that he underestimates the important of starting with talent. "In my entire four years I know of only one or two players in this league who've improved--most regress." Felske surmises that "tennis takes a backseat" when prodigies come to college and discover that the world has more to offer...
...intuitive appeal, based on the popular notion that our government controls our everyday lives. But there are no assurances he will be able to isolate the inefficiency, and to keep his pledge, he might purge valuable social programs. His stands on abortion and the equal rights amendment smack of regress--a renewal of some of the less fortuitous features of the "American compact." His palatable personality alone is not sufficient to dispel legitimate fears about his warped social priorities...