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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...irritations of differential treatment, however, is the fact that most have absolutely no chance of receiving a tenure position at Harvard. The percentage of junior faculty Harvard has tenured over the last century gauges as well as any figures the flooding of the academic market with well-trained scholars. Bruce Collier, special assistant to Dean Rosovsky, outlines the facts: In the early part of the century, Harvard granted tenure to over 50 per cent of its junior faculty. In the early 60s, about 20 per cent of the in-house faculty received tenure. Over the past five years, less than...

Author: By Susand D. Chira, | Title: Standing Room Only | 11/16/1978 | See Source »

...monothematic eulogizing of a Bruce Springsteen who forever relives the nights of fast cars, bright lights, teenage promiscuity and gang fights; it was the expression of a wandering spirit, probing amid the ruins of the past and picking out vital bits of history or emotion that translate into powerful music...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: A Spirit Departed | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

Dillon was still blazing, clocking a time close to nine minutes flat at the two-mile split and Treacy was still right behind him. However, the Harvard Herd had dropped back and Northeastern's Bruce Bickford and Mike Quinn from UMass had pulled up into...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Harriers Qualify for NCAA Title Run | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

...last week, after a reporter came across them in the files of the Charlotte County courthouse. The embezzlement indictment was based on two searches conducted by officials in Jefferson County, Ala. Last May, sheriffs raided the Hoover apartment in which Michaelides had lived, locating thousands of dollars' worth of Bruce family silver. Then in September they went to a Birmingham warehouse and seized valuable paintings, rare books, furniture and antiques that were being crated for shipment to Michaelides in Athens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Gothic Romance in Old Virginia | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

After learning of the indictments from the Charlotte County grand jury, Michaelides wrote County Prosecutor Edwin Baker a five-page letter denying any guilt. "When this tragic event took place, I was thoroughly examined," he wrote, "and exonerated of any blame." Michaelides tried to discredit the Bruce family in the letter and blamed them for his own legal problems. He claimed his wife "was a criminally mistreated and unhappy person." He accused her mother of "vicious and dehumanizing" verbal assaults and said her opposition to the marriage demoralized Alexandra. He threatened: "If a more equitable approach to my case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Gothic Romance in Old Virginia | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

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