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Harper, the Corporation’s first African-American member and a prominent lawyer, served as a catalyst in the downfall of the president he helped select...

Author: By Samuel P. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gates, Summers To Receive Honorary Degrees | 6/6/2007 | See Source »

...Although the randomization of the Housing lottery did not take effect for another decade, wide demographic disparities among the 12 undergraduate Houses were first exposed in a 1982 study—the catalyst for an eventual overhaul of Harvard’s residential housing system...

Author: By Johannah S. Cornblatt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: '82 Study Finds Segregation | 6/4/2007 | See Source »

...self-employed or in a job that doesn't have a standard retirement age, you may be more apt to delay thinking about these issues. "It's often an imminent retirement date that provides the catalyst to start planning," Skillman says. Getting laid off or accepting an early-retirement package can force your hand. But don't wait until you get a severance check to begin planning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Struggling with Retirement | 5/31/2007 | See Source »

...first they were guerrillas,” he said. “Now they’re established people teaching these courses. And now there are also these mini-centers all over which we don’t try to control. We’re kind of a catalyst.” As the last panel ended, Applbaum found evidence that the center still has its work cut out for it. “Twenty years isn’t quite enough,” he said. “We haven’t even figured out whether ethics...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ethics Center Marks 20th Anniversary | 5/21/2007 | See Source »

...only one who thinks as much. Besides the Board of Directors, a number of other people are outspoken against this terrible practice. In fact, it was the Ivy League that served as the catalyst behind the new rule...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE MALCOM X-FACTOR: Y I H8 Txt Msgs: Ban Gets It Right | 5/3/2007 | See Source »

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