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...failed not because its recommendations were poor, but because the Faculty Council, the steering committee of the faculty, vetoed them without letting the full Faculty consider their merits. The only success achieved was in terms of good publicity for the Administration, which has been able to make it appear that the Faculty is responding to the Verba report, when in fact almost nothing has been done...
TOCQUEVILLE lists three main consequences of the centralization of power. The first is that the peasants' resentment of their lords increased dramatically. "The more [governmental] functions passed out of the hands of the nobility, the more uncalled-for did their privileges appear--until at last their mere existence seemed a meaningless anachronism...
They were called "vegetarian hamburgers," and admittedly, they didn't appear too appetizing. Tofu and sprouts don't a patty make, skeptics cried. But surprisingly, the overwhelming verdict was kudos to HDS for a fine meal. Even HDS themselves were caught off guard--the patties were gone in Dunster and Mather...
...women have not won HYP's since 1985, losing to Yale the past three years. But the women appear to be up to the challenge...
...asked Water Department Superintendant John J. Cusack. Jr. to appear before the council to discuss problems with the city's water supply...