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...There's a tremendous amount of excitement. It's a very exciting time for the development of the program." Dean for Students and Alumni Dr. Daniel D. Federman said yesterday. He is also chairman of the Faculty Development committee, which is responsible for helping teachers adapt their methods for the new program...
Elliot Richardson, who was Nixon's Attorney General when he was forced out in the Saturday Night Massacre of 1973, sees his ex-boss as a President who succeeded in making the U.S. "adapt to the realities of change" but was "brought down by fatal flaws in his character." Says Richardson, who is now campaigning for a Senate seat in Massachusetts: "We all have the defects of our qualities. Nixon resented those more fortunate than he. He was insecure. But that was what propelled him to the presidency...
...Angeles Games. And all without major investment in new buildings. "Even the simplest new structures would have cost at least $500 million," says Ed Keen, the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee's construction boss. "We couldn't afford such white elephants. So we decided to adapt 26 old athletic facilities-some left over from the 1932 Olympiad-and decorate them to give them a unified look...
...first nine months of operation the Harvard center has earned a strong reputation in the education community. It is seen as a leading proponent of the philosophy that schools should determine their educational goals first and then find technology that best meets their needs, rather than trying to adapt curriculum to the technology available...
...fairly generally acknowledged that it is easier to implement a policy of pre-screening with it small portfolio," Blumenthal added. "[Harvard] is a far different bird, it would be more difficult for a portfolio like Harvard's to adapt...