Word: cited
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...other professors cite a problem in the attitude the Faculty takes in recruiting. "Harvard simply assumes you want to go there," says one professor who recently turned Harvard down. "The theory that all their professors are stars--that word was used to me. But that's all bloody nonsense. The assumption is that they are deigning to honor you--that's the tone I got in our negotiations. The whole style of the offer didn't interest...
While the $25 charge for make-ups deters some, by far the most compelling reason students cite against make-ups is that they forget too much over the summer, making the exams much harder...
Tribe, who has headed the Grendel's effort since it first began, said that his half-hour presentation Monday will focus more on history than previous preparations. His presentation will cite early colonial American law, which he says "avoided giving such power to the church...
...this time around." Walter Heller, a liberal Democrat and sharp critic of Reaganomics, asserts, "I'm an optimist about inflation. I think that at last there has been a lowering of expectations," meaning that people no longer believe prices must rise faster and faster forever. Heller and others cite structural changes in the U.S. economy as another factor behind the high hopes for stable prices. These include: increased foreign competition in industries like autos and steel; deregulation, which has led to more price competition in airlines and trucking; and, of great importance, prospects for renewed growth in productivity...
...effect, the ranchers want protection against themselves. One of the reasons that they are so dependent on public grazing lands is that private ranges have been grossly overgrazed. Environmentalists cite this as proof of their contention that commercial interests are often concerned only with profits. The timber industry has been another offender: it wants to buy national forests, in part because private lands have been overcut. Indeed, environmentalists note, the whole purpose of creating the national forest system was to prevent loggers from stripping the woods bare. "Two-thirds of the timber in this country comes from private land...