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...decidedly male. Not only are most Harvard professors men, but all of them face a similar pressure to conform to a kind of academic machismo. Because the Ivy world often resembles a jungle where only the "eminent" survive competitiveness, implacable devotion to the duty to publish, and very, very hard work are at a premium. The pressure is, in short, to adopt the traditional male virtues. And if professors feel such pressure, the experience of Harvard students could scarcely be any different. Hence the fevered Gov section debates, the struggle to survive 24 hours a day in Cabot Library...
...chose to use the stricter guidelines in order to avoid giving the defense technical grounds for appeal. This put the burden of proof on the prosecution. A person is defined as insane, he instructed, if he, "as a result of mental disease or defect, either lacked substantial capacity to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law or lacked substantial capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct...
...conference committee that will try to work out a compromise with a budget passed by the Senate last month that provides for $19 billion more in spending. Then comes the hardest part: the "reconciliation" process, in which various congressional committees must make their 1983 spending and tax legislation conform with the budget guidelines. In an election year, there will be a temptation to fund politically popular programs and vote against tax measures, even if it means busting the budget plan. Says Heftel: "We're dealing with an illusory budget that is a political document...
Although Williamson "loved how different everyone was" at Harvard, she adds "there is some unspoken but definitely present pressure to conform to the Jonathon P. Higgonbottom III world. I think here and in the world in general, Harvard has been put on some kind of pedestal. I know I did," Williamson says, adding, "Harvard is a grand place, but it is a microcosm of the world and there's a lot of bad stuff...
...discrimination Ray said of HRI housing policy because in heterosecial relationships the option is there to marry to conform with the housing policy. "We don't have that option," he said...