Word: access
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fellows are usually successful teachers who have no access to research oportunities, either because of the high number of courses they must teach or because their institutions lack adequate research facilities, said Susan W. Lewis, a member of the Senior Faculty Selection Committeee and director of the Freshman Seminar Program...
...access to the existing Harvard On-Line Library
...successor as National Security Adviser "failed grievously" to consider the gravity of the diversion of money to the contras. Poindexter did not show an awareness of the operation's scope or importance, focusing instead on narrow details like who should be on the list of people who would have access to information. On occasion he misled top Administration officials about details of the arms sales and the contra diversion. Poindexter "apparently failed to appreciate or ignored the serious legal and political risks presented" by the contra-support operation, said the commission. It added that, on the evidence available, "Poindexter knew...
Though both the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense opposed the arms-for-hostages proposal from the start, neither moved forcefully to stop the initiative. "Secretary Shultz specifically requested to be informed only as necessary to perform his job," the commission found. "Secretary Weinberger had access through intelligence to details about the operation. Their obligation was to give the President their full support and continued advice with respect to the program or, if they could not in conscience do that, to so inform the President. Instead, they simply distanced themselves from the program. They protected the record...
Given recent history, the University's concern that such an inflammatory event not turn into a free-for-all is understandable. But simple common sense dictates that the administration come up with a way to accredit non-campus media so that the community-at-large may have access to such interesting campus events...