Word: chairmen
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...with this academic year. It is possible that because of the unique structure of the Department--where the chairman has virtually dictatorial powers--and because of its lack of tenured faculty, Dean Dunlop might allow Guinier to remain as chairman, though other departments have lecturers or assistant professors as chairmen. Guinier wants to create a situation where his removal as chairman would be seen by black students as a weakening of Harvard's commitment to Afro-American Studies...
...memorandum written by two lecturers in the Department on the review procedure. In the memorandum, the lecturers, who got their jobs through Guinier, devote a paragraph to discussing his administrative abilities and the reasons why he should be allowed to continue as chairman. They conclude by saying that "changing chairmen in the same way that departments that have been established for several hundreds of years would seem not in Afro-American Studies best interest...
...fate of the President's busing moratorium and proposals for improving inferior schools remained in doubt in Congress. Although they probably enjoy strong support, they are opposed by some key committee chairmen, including the House Education Committee's Carl Perkins of Kentucky. As hearings opened in a Senate subcommittee, HEW Secretary Elliot Richardson defended Nixon's proposals. Missouri Democrat Thomas Eagleton bluntly branded Richardson's arguments for the President's compensatory education plan "hypocritical hogwash...
...page of the Kansas City Times on one recent morning gave its readers a package consisting of Ann Landers' advice, a syndicated exercise column, a syndicated dress pattern, a large picture of three women with a cookbook and another picture of a model being ogled by the co-chairmen of a benefit fashion show. On the same day, the much larger "Style" section of the Washington Post offered, among other things, profiles of Chou En-lai and Mao Tse-tung excerpted from André Malraux's Anti-Memoirs, a crisp review of a television appearance by five wives...
Several department chairmen contacted yesterday said they were not sure how the new aid system would affect their departments...