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...generally, "the students are eager to learn and put in an awful lot of preparation--eagerness that I had to stimulate in the College," says Lord. Kopelman finds that questions on the whole from the students are more sophisticated, because they've been exposed to a wider range of experience. "As people get older, they really want to know the answers to these questions about the human tribe; most undergraduates just get sparks," says Bruce...
...congressional election drives in 1970 and 1972. Indeed, agency executives explained that they really caused the trouble about the clothing purchases because they urged Ford to modernize his mode of dress. Says one of them, Jeff B. Davis: "We wanted to put him in brighter colors and suits with wider lapels that had a more modern look." Adds Davis: "At the time, we were also representing a clothing store, so we picked out a wardrobe for him, and as a matter of course, the store billed us." Then Davis billed Ford's campaign account. Concedes a chagrined Davis: "We were...
...home we play on a wider field so we felt congested yesterday. It was too late before we adjusted to their field," Scalise added...
Last, but not always least, are House productions. These are a variable quantity; in general, the plays chosen by the Houses necessarily have a wider appeal than those at the Loeb, since each House production has to break even. While production values are uneven, the acting in the Houses is of as high a quality as you'll find elsewhere-in thz University. Another advantage is spontaneity--no need to buy tickets in advance, since there are no reserved seats. Once Upon a Mattress will be at Leverett this fall; look out also for Oscar Wilde's The Importance...
...says, referring to recent graduates, "has been much maligned for returning to the '50s and being grasping and upwardly mobile. They aren't. It's only that students have a lot of options now, and they want to make reasonable decisions for their future." Decisions, that is, based on wider knowledge of available options and a deeper understanding of themselves. Applications to med and law schools--which rose astronomically after 1971--have leveled off since 1973, he points out--a fairly good indication that Whitlock is right, and there has been a sudden, distinct change since the days when...