Word: admittedly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...orphans from Indochina continued to cause problems. Last week, after 28 Cambodian children arrived at Washington, D.C.'s Dulles International Airport without the proper papers indicating their suitability for adoption, the Immigration and Naturalization Service ordered the rescue operation stopped temporarily. The government had decided earlier to admit 2,000 children in all, and wished to double-check how many had already reached the U.S. and to be certain that future arrivals qualified for adoption. At week's end, the airlift was given a new green light; authorities expected about 300 more orphans to be brought over...
Even the most dedicated jogger must admit that his sport is purely hygienic. The bouncing exercise never allows the eyes to rest; the country seems to jiggle by on springs. The motorist glides on air and shock absorbers, but his speed undoes him. The scenery is a blur, the highlights only a few seconds in duration. And his exhaust clouds the air he travels through. The cyclist pedals between his two contemporaries. Neither pedestrian nor driver, he is a happy anomaly, a 20th century centaur. Away from trucks and taxis, he has no competition; all turf is his. The novice...
CONCEIT HAS ALWAYS colored Harvard's relations with the city of Cambridge. Although the Bok administration may admit it less than previous administrations. University officials still believe Cambridge should be honored that Harvard has descended upon it. And, to some residents, it even seems that Harvard is asking surrounding communities to sacrifice their own interests just to keep the University happy...
...admissions officers are often under a lot of pressure, especially at Harvard, to admit alumni sons and daughters and often compare their job to that of congressmen who have to balance the interests of a great many constituencies: the alumni, faculty, and administration...
Admissions officials at both Harvard and Radcliffe denied they had any "target" figures or quotas based on race, but acknowledged they keep an eye on the number of minority students they admit. "We don't set any specific target or quota, though we look back at what we've done so that if we thought we hadn't done enough, we'd probably go back and look again and be sure we were right." Reardon said...