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Third, Harvard administrators have no reason to act consistently when student leaders do not compare notes. As long as they deal with each group separately, administrators can make arbitrary decisions without causing an uproar. In the past, they have done this in assigning office space, setting "caps" on groups' fundraising...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HUSO | 4/25/1989 | See Source »

Although House Speaker Jim Wright's ethical violations may not have compromised the spirit of the Constitution, they should also be judged harshly. According to the House Ethics Committee, Wright may have tried to circumvent House honoraria limits by telling groups to buy copies of his book. The teamsters, for...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: A Tooth for a Tooth | 4/20/1989 | See Source »

It thus makes clear that Lt. Col. Oliver North's efforts to assist the Contras was part of a secret Administration effort to circumvent the Congressional ban and not the actions of a single zealot gone wild, as the administration repeatedly asserted.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Loose Cannon | 4/15/1989 | See Source »

The auction of Soviet contemporary art held, amid vast hype, by Sotheby's in Moscow last July was seen by the West as a vindication of dissident artists but by many of the artists themselves as divisive and even dispiriting. Some lots went for unheard-of sums; the painter Grisha...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Canvases of Their Own | 4/10/1989 | See Source »

For instance, the Princeton Review SAT prep course shows students how to circumvent the reading comprehension portion of the test. The SAT always includes one passage on non-Western culture. According to the Princeton Review, students should always pick the most positive sounding answer choice in this section because ETS...

Author: By Steven J.S. Glick, | Title: Can't Get No SATisfaction | 4/8/1989 | See Source »

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