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...reduce the role of the Kombinate, Pieroth aims to spawn a healthy Mittelstand, the sector of small and medium-size businesses that is the backbone of West Germany's economy. There is a great need for such firms in the East, which suffers a dearth of everything from corner restaurants to car dealerships. In the past two months, some 40,000 East Germans have applied for a share of the $3.5 billion that Bonn will make available to them over the next three years for loans to start small enterprises...
Bush's absence from the conclave of 45 conservative groups underscores the right wing's dilemma in the post-cold war world: a dearth of active heroes and of crackling issues. Ronald Reagan was yesteryear's big draw, taking the conservative movement into the White House and redefining American politics. But now that the Reagan revolution is rooted in Washington and peaceful revolutions are wasting reds in Nicaragua, Eastern Europe and even Moscow, conservatives are left with a listless, morning-after feeling...
...Alternative Junior Parents Weekend created a necessary and timely opportunity for visiting parents to learn more about the dearth of minorities and women in Harvard's Faculty. Response to the activities showed the consensus among many parents that Harvard's concept of education is anachronistic and demands immediate attention. Cara Wong '92 Vicki Wong '92 Minority Student Alliance
...doctors and academics are looking fora bright side to the increasing dearth of medicalstudents. Since the medical profession has becomeless appealing, many say new doctors must be morecommitted to helping people and less interested inprofits and status...
...precise causes of such pitiful numbers are unclear. The dearth of minorities and women entering Ph.D. programs produces a small applicant pool, but the lack of minority and women role models in academia contributes to the dearth of Ph.D. candidates. Even when one considers the small applicant pool, Harvard still lags way behind. According to Harvard's most recent affirmative action report, Harvard would have to add 17 tenured women and 11 non-tenured women to its faculty to make female representation consistent with the available pool...