Word: avoid
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...physical re-construction of the old City Hospital or by construction of a small South End Hospital. The entirely new nature of medical care calls for an abandoning of stop-gap proposals and anachronistic wishes. Boston's citizens and Boston's medical students deserve more than sloppy attempts to avoid some very basic problems...
...that the Harvard Deans and Masters have expressed approval, the Faculty will probably vote today to include the new hours in its 1968-69 "Rules for Students in Harvard College." By jumping to liberalize parietals at this time, the Administration will avoid a possible "student power" issue next fall. Also, the extension may ease some of the pressure on House offices for off-campus living, and it will certainly help the House system in the long...
...issue, however, was not simply whether Fact had been full of fiction. Senator Goldwater was then a particularly public figure, and the Supreme Court has made it extremely difficult for such persons to win a libel suit. To avoid stifling the free-speech right to criticize government leaders, the court since 1964 has required proof that the alleged libeler had "malice" or "reckless disregard" for the truth. Just two weeks ago, the test became stiffer still. Beyond "reckless disregard," the court added the necessity of proving that the libeler "entertained serious doubt" about the truth of his accusation...
...system of restraints exists between the Administration and Faculty oligarchies on matters of initiation and ratification. The Corporation, despite its mythical reputation as an inconsiderate stumbling tyrant, never takes the initiative even in financial matters, but merely acts on budgets in such a way as to maintain balances and avoid deficits...
Finding such a site has not been easy. Ideally, it should be close to the Houghton neighborhood, to avoid the bussing of children to school, and yet should cause a minimum of inconvenience to persons living near the classrooms. Both the B- School field and a DeWolfe St. Site owned by Harvard and the Archdiocese of Boston appear to meet these criteria. The Houghton PTA has unofficially welcomed the proposed locations...