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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...heavy security. It seeks airtight secrecy. And it's full of powerful people...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Getting Ridiculous | 2/23/1991 | See Source »

Tight-lipped officials holding closed-door meetings with airtight security. Men in dark suits being whisked into waiting limousines. What is this, The Godfather...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Getting Ridiculous | 2/23/1991 | See Source »

...search for a successor to President Derek C. Bok enters its final stages, the eight-member committee continues to keep a nearly airtight lid on information about the status of the search...

Author: By Philip P. Pan, | Title: Q: How do You Pick a President? | 2/15/1991 | See Source »

...despite the appearance of openness, the committee has kept an airtight lid on information about the status of the search, and the process has been sharply criticized by watchdog groups and some students...

Author: By Philip P. Pan, | Title: The Search Is On . . . And Almost Over | 1/30/1991 | See Source »

Presidential Affairs--The airtight secrecy of the ongoing presidential search has been attacked by many: students, watchdog groups, and even a few faculty. Most, however, like Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences John E. Dowling '57, say they understand the reasoning put forth by the powers-that-be. In the past, they say, the flow of information has been highly damaging to candidates, if revealing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reporter's Notebook | 10/20/1990 | See Source »

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