Word: unexpectedness
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“It’s been truly unexpected what’s happened over the last 10 years,” Huidekoper says.
Professors point to Knowles’ establishment of the MacFarquhar committees as unofficial hand-picked bodies, his distaste for vocal dissent, and his decisive, often unexpected intervention in departments as examples of a deanship that is as autocratic as it is diplomatic.
In this first controversial intervention, Knowles was dealt an unexpected hand when Goldfarb’s committee reported to him the following spring. Goldfarb says the committee circumvented Knowles’ charge by proposing alternative structures for the department but said each was imprudent. Knowles never followed up.
PSLM members said they drew inspiration from the unexpected outpouring of support from workers, many of whom joined the daily noon rallies during their lunch breaks, wearing crimson work jackets and chanting.
In short, where you learn is as meaningful as what you learn or from whom you learn. I first realized this when I noticed the lasting link in my memory between the books I have read and the places I read them. Foolhardily, I often try to read and walk...