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The vote in the forum was 14 to 2 with one abstention. Hopwood said the vote reflected general student opinion on campus that Silber should be fired.

Author: By Nicholas D. Kristof, | Title: Professors Say Silber Purges B.U. | 11/9/1979 | See Source »

Despite the 9-0 CUE vote--with one abstention--in favor of the ERG plan, Davis said he will still propose and support his plan before the Faculty Council next week, because he believes students should take four A.P. exams to replace the four full-year Harvard courses they will...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: CUE Passes Plan to Tighten Rules on Sophomore Standing | 11/3/1979 | See Source »

The centrist, 24-member Cabinet is composed of 16 Christian Democrats, six representatives from the small Social Democratic and Liberal parties, plus two unaffiliated technocrats. For parliamentary survival, it will have to depend on nothing more solid than the grudging abstention of Bettino Craxi's unpredictable Socialists. It will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Pax Romana | 8/20/1979 | See Source »

MANY SCIENTISTS contend that nuclear power never can be made acceptably safe. Other experts assert that reactors are already safe enough, or at least reasonably close to such a level. But even if reactors are safe, the admittedly ever-present risk of human error may prove reason enough for serious...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: After the Fallout | 4/13/1979 | See Source »

CUE, which passed the proposals unanimously with one abstention, wants senior Faculty to supervise sophomore tutorials, give their blessing to reading lists and discussion topics, and "occasionally visit" tutorial meetings.

Author: By Amy B. Mcintosh, | Title: Guess Who's Coming To Class--Maybe? | 1/24/1979 | See Source »

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