Word: core
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...HHFA, which now forms the core of the new department, has been what Weaver calls an "administrative monstrosity," comprising five major sub-agencies that have not always worked together-or with Weaver. Under the new law, the Housing and Urban Development Secretary gets authority to bring his subordinate offices into line. Weaver's responsibilities will doubtless grow fast. A presidential committee headed by Dr. Robert C. Wood, 42, chairman of M.I.T.'s political-science department, has reported to the President on what additional functions-such as air pollution control-HUD should acquire. Which of the still-secret proposals...
...based, only one lower-level course was supposed to be offered in each area, and all students would be required to take it. But the single-course idea was never put into effect, and as the Gen Ed system has moved away from the concept of providing a "common core" of knowledge all students would share, the number of courses in each area has been increased...
Admittedly, each of these improvements is fairly minor in itself, but, combined, they would make a significant difference in the living conditions at Radcliffe. The core of the problem is that there seems to be no way left to combine quiet, a minimum expenditure of money, proximity to the main activities of Radcliffe, and comfortable living conditions. Off-campus living has been a fair solution to this problem in the past, but now even the desirability of that answer has been reduced; we feel it is time for a more satisfactory solution to be made. Elien Schwartz '68 Julia Spring...
...Bill, is queer. This skeleton rattling brought to mind the recent screen satire, Cat Ballou, but Mr. Oppenheimer's heroes are far more perverted, far too bitter. He doesn't laugh at the foibles of the Old West, he indicates that they were part of the rotten-to-the-core morality that has existed and does exist in America...
...brief, Hart feels that at the core of the conservative tradition lies a profound respect for the dignity of the individual, that property rights are but a means to the end of dignity, and that the chief transgression of the omnipotent and boundlessly optimistic liberal Establishment is not its cavalier treatment of property but its unfeeling disregard for individual dignity...