Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Merle Fainsod, Pforzheimer University Professor, chaired the Committee on the Committee on the Organization of the Faculty (Fainsod Committee(, which began with two purposes: to recommend changes in the governing arrangement and procedures of the Faculty, "which will better equip it to cope with the problems of change and adjustment which lie ahead," and to find ways "students can play a significant and responsible role in reaching decisions...
...self-perpetuating group of people charged with the care of the institution it takes its name from. But where the Corporation is "the oldest ruling oligarchy in America," in the words of one Radcliffe administrator, the Trustees are a more diverse group with a higher public profile and a better public image...
...Keller-Sarmiento had made much difference, Ford said after the game, "I really don't think so. We had a couple of problems. We came in here with Brown dedicating the field to their coach; they had that extra motivation. They also adapted to the conditions a little better. We have played very well recently. I'm just a little disappointed for the team. I know they can play better...
Although Davis said he has no conclusive proof that four A.P. exams better prepared students for sophomore standing, he noted in the past four years a higher percentage of the students who took four A.P.s with a grade of 4 accepted sophomore standing than those who took three A.P. exams with a grade...
...benefitting from free trade in the long run, because protectionism perpetuates low-wage industries, such as textiles and shoes, at the expense of expanding higher wage export industries. While workers in the North are immediately hurt by the loss of jobs to Mexico, their successors will be better off because they may move into higher paying industries...