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When Hansen, fellow co-captain Juan Enriquez and last year's captain Ethan Cruvant decided to tackle the University's bureaucratic maze, they had little hope that their request would succeed. But they made right contacts and wrote a solid proposal--the committee voted overwhelmingly to lift the club's...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: A New Varsity Takes the Plunge | 9/8/1980 | See Source »

While the war inspired wanderlust, it also made travel a more complicated and anxious business. The passport, which had hardly existed in Europe before 1915, became ubiquitous. Fussell argues that this intervention by the state amounted to more than a bureaucratic inconvenience: "So small a phenomenon as the passport picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: When the Going Was Good | 8/25/1980 | See Source »

Now, Cambridge is in a housing crisis of another sort. Angry at the loss in their earning power and justifiably upset with the bureaucratic inefficiencies of rent control, the city's landlords are looking for a way out. For a while it was condominiums, until the city adopted tough laws...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: The City's Political Puzzle | 8/15/1980 | See Source »

Your senior adviser will not be your closest confidante but he or she can become an invaluable friend if you take the time. While your dorm proctor will give you specific advice on courses, exams, and sex, your senior adviser will handle many of the bureaucratic hassles you encounter. And...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: The Mating Call of the Wide-Eyed Freshman | 8/15/1980 | See Source »

"Sheer bureaucratic indifference" and the Government's "callous and lackadaisical attitude" were to blame, said the court, which offered no views on the correctness of the murder verdict. Soon after the 1970 slayings, the Army abandoned its plans to prosecute, apparently because of a bungled investigation that spoiled key...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Fatal Delay | 8/11/1980 | See Source »

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