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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That only 29 of Harvard's 175 women faculty members are tenured bears out the claim that substantial, though subtle, barriers still exist, they...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Tenuring Women Profs: Not the 7% Solution | 3/3/1988 | See Source »

While some professors, like Henry Rosovsky (the architect of the Core Curriculm), claim that there is no correlation between class size and educational quality, students do not have the freedom of choice to test that contention. The large size of the Core has become an inescapable element of Harvard's undergraduate education...

Author: By Brendan Barnicle, | Title: Re-Core-ded Live at Sanders | 3/2/1988 | See Source »

Avoiding combat. For Pat Robertson, March 8 marks not only Super Tuesday but also the date his libel suit against Pete McCloskey is scheduled to go to trial. Robertson is suing McCloskey for claiming that he sought help from his father Senator A. Willis Robertson to avoid combat duty in Korea. A review of evidence collected by McCloskey's lawyers reveals that Robertson may be in for a blitzkrieg of bad publicity. Several fellow Marine officers corroborate McCloskey's claim, and a letter from Robertson's father to Marine General Lemuel Shepherd expresses his pleasure that Pat "will get more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On The Grapevine | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

...This year four candidates are nonetheless relying on the E word as a big part of their pitch, arguing that they can make it in November by reaching beyond their core supporters. A TIME poll taken last week by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman demonstrates that Bob Dole has the strongest claim to ecumenical appeal; Pat Robertson, Al Gore and Paul Simon have the least...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Electability Test | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

...gold braid. Each skated everything he had, bringing the best of his skill and grace to the impossibly tense moment. Their clash was the most exciting men's final in memory. When it was all done, Orser had captured the competition's only perfect 6.0. But Boitano had laid claim to the gold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brian Boitano : This Soldier's No Toy | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

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