Word: work
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...purpose to question the amount of work each Student Council member has done in behalf of the Council; rather it is to suggest that the great majority of the Student Council members--as well as a much larger percentage of Harvard undergraduates--are quite indifferent to the functioning of the Student Council...
Copland finds that he does his best work after dinner, keeping at it until about 2 a.m. He has no plans for a new opera to follow The Tender Land, the rather limp work premiered in 1954. "Opera," says Copland, "eats up three years of your time; then everything's decided in one night." His work in progress: a chamber piece for nine solo strings. The orchestration was obvious, says Copland, from the moment "I got the material"-and he points gravely to the ceiling, to show that it was a gift from above...
...main items on Kennedy's agenda is a sweeping reform of the regulatory agencies, which he believes are inefficient and filled with second-rate people. Few businessmen dispute that view. Last week, in one of his first moves, Kennedy appointed James M. Landis to work up a report and make recommendations in a month on all the regulatory agencies. Landis, 61, is a former dean of Harvard Law School, served as a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Trade Commission and as chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board. He is an old friend...
...institutions, part-time study is discouraged. For the married woman whose family obligations make full-time academic or creative activity impossible, the Institute will offer a unique outlet as well as a challenge to prove to other colleges and universities--and to industries or professions--that part-time academic work can result in significant intellectual achievement...
Before arriving in Cambridge with my family last year, I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Radhakrishnan in Madras and spending some time with him seeking his advice, and asking for suggestions about my work at Harvard. He displayed great interest in the project, the Center for World Religions, and also offered me some valuable suggestions. For this reason, I was not surprised to note that he was coming to Cambridge, especially when I learned that he planned to give the dedication speech at the new Center...