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...second sticking point was Harvard's preponderance of honors degrees. Approximately 70 percent of Harvard students graduate with honors--more than at any other Ivy League college. Some professors called for measures to reduce the proportion of honors degrees and bolster the prestige of Harvard laudes...
...past two years. Other countries, especially those in Western Europe, and Japan, should now stimulate their economies and share the burden. Such action would boost their imports and lower the U.S. trade deficit. Foreign countries, Peterson stressed, must do their part to buy Third World goods in order to bolster the income of heavily indebted nations, which is essential to keeping the international debt bomb from exploding...
...attempt to bolster traditionally slow post-Christmas, sales. Apple Computer Inc. has dropped the Macintosh prices up to $300 to $1780 and $2330--according to officials at the Harvard Technology Product Center...
...would otherwise be diverted from the University's investment income to cover operations and financial aid expenses Contributions to the Senior Class Gift permit this income from portfolio investment to be reinvested in stocks It is a fallacy to suggest that gifts to the Harvard College Fund do not bolster the University's misguided investment policy regarding companies that strengthen and legitimize the South African regime...
...returned four days before elections for the 276-member South Korean National Assembly--timing that seemed calculated to bolster the opposition New Korean Democratic Party, formed last December with the help of Kim's fellow dissident Kim Young Sam. Both Kims and twelve other opposition figures are forbidden to vote or run for office. To what degree Kim's presence might influence voters remains unclear. Most are too young to remember his nearly successful 1971 bid for the presidency; moreover, the electoral rules favor President Chun's Democratic Justice Party...