Word: decisional
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The close friend said that, although Swift speaks only elementary Farsi, the official language of Iran, "she is a remarkable person and that may have been a factor" in the militants' decision to keep her hostage.
Gerrald M. McCue, professor of Architecture and Urban Design and new dean of the GSD as of June 1980, said yesterday Bok reached the preliminary decision after consulting him as well as John F. Kain, chairman of CRP, and Graham T. Allison Jr. '62, dean of the K-School.
McCue added, "I certainly didn't reach the decision out of any sense to be rid of an irritant. While the program did have an awkward incident, I've never felt it was an embarrassment."
Since the intent of any new red line will be to limit University expansion, and since that process vitally concerns the surrounding neighborhoods, it is imperative that the University involve city officials and residents before and not after a decision is reached.
Harvard has a stake in the Red Line decision. But so does Cambridge, so the new boundaries should not be drawn quickly or forced on the city.