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Rachel N. Bello '98, one of the drive's student directors, suggested several reasons for the dearth of donors. She cited sickness due to the cold weather, the large amount of work due before winter break and the last-minute parties crammed in before the break as possible reasons...
...begins by arguing that black and Hispanic communities have occupied a lower rung on the ladder of wealth. Clearly this is true. Then, he states the obvious: there is a dearth of opportunities for poor blacks and Hispanics, opportunities that are available for the "richer section" of society...
...Committee poured many hours into debating and crafting 16 bills that would have altered the council. When the Committee's proposals were presented last spring, the council managed to pass only minor procedural-change measures. Major changes suggested by the Committee were either shelved or defeated because of a dearth of votes; fewer than 50 of the council's 88 members attended last year's closing meetings...
After a 10-18 record last year, due primarily to a dearth of skaters, the Crimson went out and acquired six freshmen and two transfers to complement its 11 returning players. Now Harvard only needs to prove that its quality is consistent with its quantity...
...numbers those that watched the O.J. Simpson trial. The au pair case has been front page in The New York Times and The Boston Globe for days. Even Washington has jumped onto the bandwagon. Last week, with near prescient timing, the White House sponsored child-care conference about the dearth of safe and responsible child care in this country...