Word: agee
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trying to realize that vision, Allison--who at the age of 36 became Harvard's youngest dean of a graduate school--pursued an agenda dedicated to expanding the school's physical resources and endowment in the hope of attracting--and retaining--the brightest scholars and practitioners in the world of public policy...
Bhutto came to Harvard at the early age of 16, during a time of political and social unrest throughout America. Students were marching in protest of the bloody war in Vietnam, and the women's movement was gaining unprecedented momentum. Watergate was undermining the integrity of the presidency. Young men walked around with hair down to the peace-symbol patches on the pockets of their jeans. Sexual norms were changing--during Bhutto's sophomore year at the University, Radcliffe and Harvard began housing men and women under the same roof...
...carry the banner at a very early age, and she has shown an extraordinary amount of courage," says Peter Galbraith, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, describing those years of endurance. "She was treated incredibly badly, yet she has retained a sense of balance--she's charming, she has a sense of humor, and she hasn't turned bitter...
...Horner is not sure whether the clubsshould admit women or go extinct, she is certainthat the age of these elite groups has passed...
...most experts agree that companies and thegovernment have done too little, too late in thearea of child care. Last year 24 million childrenin the United States under age 13 needed day care,yet there were only 1.5 million licensed spots...