Word: closer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rumor finally rose of closer ties with Harvard, though no Harvard or Radcliffe officials now will say what plans were considered. In any case, doubt lingered at Radcliffe of Harvard's aptitude for protecting its interests, and discussion waned even before the two administrations could talk jointly. Since then the "understanding" has been that Radcliffe "must set its house in order," by building Currier, before Harvard would consent to merge...
...would like. Ultimately, though, Radcliffe would be better off financially within the corporation than outside it, despite the Puseyian adage that tubs must float on their own bottoms. To win Mr. Pusey's approval for coed housing, Radcliffe will have to merge fully into Harvard College. Some sort of closer affiliation with the "University" would not be sufficient. The tubs then would share bottoms, to Radcliffe's financial advantage...
MORE and more older men refuse to be resigned. Despite today's much-heralded split between generations, which should guarantee coeval marriages, the number of old-young alliances may be increasing. Certainly their visibility is. As May arrives, December seems closer than ever...
...tachyons are some day found-and somehow harnessed-Feinberg's dreamed-of trip to the distant stars may yet be possible. The Einstein barrier to higher speeds would still be unbreakable by man and his spacecraft, but with their unbelievable speeds, the particles could serve to accelerate men closer to the velocity of light...
Another possible solution is closer supervision of those who are released. This tactic was endorsed last year by the American Bar Association, which called on the courts to set curfews for certain defendants, to require them to report regularly to court officers and to prohibit them from carrying a weapon or other acts that might bring trouble. The Vera Institute of Justice, a nonprofit research group seeking to modernize legal procedures, started a trend away from money bail in Manhattan, is now offering job training and counseling to some of those who are released on their own word...