Word: allowances
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...committee chaired by Rosovsky, then professor of Economics, recommended setting up an interdisciplinary concentration that would combine a traditional field such as history or economics with Afro-American Studies. But after the student strike, pressure mounted to create a full-fledged department that would permit an uncombined major and allow students unprecedented governing powers. Although Rosovsky vehemently protested this proposal, the Faculty voted for a department in an emotionally-charged meeting in April...
...week. "It's certainly not going to be easy. if someone is 80 years old and has lived in an apartment for 45 years, and in Cambridge all his life, then there is a pretty good chance the board will find it to be a hardship case and not allow the conversion," Remeika added...
...issue in this fall's municipal election. "Contrast it with what's been happening in Boston where Mayor (Kevin) White has been able to quiet it all down," Sullivan said. "Condos and rent control are the kinds of issues that are important to focus on," he continues, "because they allow us to get at the contradictions in voting for the independent candidates." The independent city councilors are often lined up against the Cambridge Civic Association slate of reform progressives which disapproves of condos and favors rent control. "Politically, it's a very good issue for the progressives, although the crisis...
...should go even further and require ETS to make available any ETS data that would allow outside individuals to evaluate the tests. But as it stands, the law is a big step forward, which ETS and the various College Boards should not hinder with limited testing, higher prices or boycotts...
...union, however, agreed to allow B.U. a "maintenance of shop" clause, forcing current union members to remain in the union for the duration of the contract but allowing new employees to choose whether to join. A majority of the university's approximately 800 clerical workers belong to the union...