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...growing number of binding early decision programs at selective colleges such as Stanford, Yale and Princeton, however, is starting to curb the growth in application numbers, said William R. Fitzsimmons '67 dean of admissions and financial...
...although present seniors had four years of a remodeled Science Center Green-house, nothing can curb seniors' almost unanimous distress that a renovated Memorial Hall and Loker Commons opened so late...
HUPD also took some modest steps to curb campus crime. Recently, it established a corps of officers on bicycles who now patrol the area, and it also set up a police station in the Yard, allowing officers to respond more quickly to emergency calls...
...screening, the Crimson Key makes a disclaimer stating that this well-respected film is shown in the spirit of fun, adding that the humor is in no way meant to be offensive. But three years ago, as a result of student and administrative complaints, the Crimson Key had to curb their jokes about McGraw's struggle with cancer and ultimate death...
...ground-level decline could lead to a recovery of upper atmosphere ozone levels within a few years when the cleaner air has circulated into the stratosphere. TIME senior science writer Michael Lemonick says the trend is a direct result of international agreements like a 1987 Montreal protocol to curb the production of ozone-killer chemicals. "We first saw a decline in the production of these compounds. Now is the second stage, where we see a decline in the levels in the atmosphere." Lemonick says that chemicals currently present in the upper atmosphere will linger for years, and it remains...