Word: abolitionism
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The answer lies in tradition. The abolition of grades would demand a gargantuan mental shift throughout the college. It is highly unlikely that such a radical solution to grade inflation will be accepted in the near future, if ever.
Tenants' associations overwhelmingly believe that the abolition of rent control will burden the poor and the elderly.
Linda P. Cohen, office manager of Cambridge's Century 21-Avon says that the abolition of rent control has resulted in "a class of first-time buyers."
Davis's victory garners her the seat held by retiring Councillor Jonathan S. Meyers, a definite boost to the CCA, an organization which observers said had lost influence after the abolition of rent control by statewide referendum last November.
Eileen L. Schlab, an election official at Larsen Hall in the Graduate School of Design, blamed rainy weather and the abolition of rent control for the poor turnout. "There's a lack of interest, but rent control kept the numbers up all these years," Schlab said.