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...President Bok continues to cater to all his audiences, he will never institute substantial reforms. A bill which is now before Congress could force Harvard to accept equal numbers of men and women. It would be unfortunate if the University waited for legislation under the Nixon Administration to force it to initiate progressive change...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EQUAL ADMISSIONS | 10/21/1971 | See Source »

...Supreme Court Justices and Attorneys General adorn the walls. At the grimy University of Detroit law school, the hagiography runs to city and state judges. Housed in a factory-like building, the school has long been one of the nation's many "streetcar law factories," places that cater to ambitious students who lack the money or the grades necessary for legal training elsewhere. For those who use the law as a steppingstone to political careers, U.D. law has been particularly successful: its alumni include 56 judges, eight state legislators, Michigan's Lieutenant Governor and attorney general, and three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Streetcar Strategists | 8/23/1971 | See Source »

...average; Pan Am registered 38% and TWA 39.5%. True, the lines usually have slim tourist business during the early and late months of the year and raise their averages by packing them in during the summer rush. The biggest winners on the North Atlantic are two lines that cater to the ethnic trade: Israel's El Al last year ran 68.8% full, and Irish-Aer Lingus scored 68.5%. The emptiest carrier on the run was Japan Air Lines, with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Exodus 1971: New Bargains in the Sky | 7/19/1971 | See Source »

Kothavala believes that it will be each department's responsibility to see that undergraduate concentrators are not separated from their professors; this can be done by holding only mostly freshman and sophomore courses in the now Center, courses which cater to nonconcentrators as well as serious science types...

Author: By Jerry T. Nepom, | Title: How (Not) to Build a Science Center | 6/17/1971 | See Source »

...Four ambassadors meeting in Berlin to negotiate the city's status had developed a ritual of retiring after each session for a long and lavish luncheon at the residence of one or another. In an effort to accomplish more business, it was decided that the Americans would cater the meal during one meeting. The arrangement did little to promote détente, however. The mistrustful Russians brown-bagged their own caviar and vodka. The Americans-chacun son goût-served hamburgers. No agreement on Berlin is in sight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Hold the Onions | 2/8/1971 | See Source »

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