Word: clearings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that they believed hospitals should receive more consideration from the Board to protect the quality of patient care. For this reason, the union and the hospital disagree over how broad a precedent the case poses. "It's the first Supreme Court decision of this kind, and it is certainly clear in the case of Beth Israel, though there will probably be a lot more cases," says Shea. Chandler, lawyer for the hospital, says, "I don't think there's any question that this is not a broad decision, and does not set any precedents." Chandler adds he disagrees with...
Also on the agenda for the committees this year is the task of determining the nature of the requirements for a basic proficiency in mathematics and a foreign language-- recommended in the Core report. Andrew M. Gleason, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, said it is clear from a placement test in mathematics on the pre-calculus level, given to all freshmen for the first time last year, that many entering freshmen are poorly prepared in mathematics. One-third of last year's class could not answer correctly half of the questions on the test. Gleason heads a group...
...internal structure of the convention, at least, is clear. Its constitution provides for the creation of a fairly typical student government. There will be 85 members in the assembly, with students elected from their respective Houses and living areas of the Yard. There are provisions for recalls, referendums and grass-roots meetings between the representatives and their constituencies, to make sure student opinion is well represented. The assembly will have a few standing committees to deal with housing, education, the organization of social functions, and the University's disciplinary policies toward students...
Still, there is an unsettling feeling that the Camp David summit has been somewhat ill prepared for. It is usually a firm rule of summitry that the participants arrive with a fairly clear idea of the outcome. Mostly, they ratify agreements that have already been worked out in intense negotiations by lower-level officials. Often even the concluding communiques are drafted before the parties formally take their seats. This tradition is designed to avoid the dangers of high-level misunderstandings and wounded national pride. But Camp David is unique; a high U.S. official calls it a "virginal experience...
...Service agents with their guns and radios were near by in other rafts. But their security paraphernalia were covered with outdoor garb, and even television cameras and reporters were banished from the immediate scene. For a few hours at a time then, the President heard only the rush of clear water, the muffled voices of family and friends, and the quiet language of trees and animals in a wilderness. Said Hamilton Jordan: "A man like President Carter, who has grown up close to the soil, gets a special peace of mind from being out of doors...