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...since tenure decisions at CUNY are made through a panel of department heads at each college, Gallagher’s opposition would have been enough to defeat his bid for a full professorship...
...argument went back and forth for months, until finally, last week, in the wake of the congressional Democrats' woeful defeat at the hands of voters, and faced with threats from President Bush to extend the term "as long as it took" to pass the legislation, leaders on both sides returned to the bargaining table. The end result, currently under debate in the Senate, would provide unions with a "consultation" prior to any staffing changes. The President, however, would maintain ultimate control over employees...
...course, this went on for four quarters, an unbearable three and a half hours, before Penn finally handed Harvard its worst defeat in seven years...
Harvard handed Clarkson its first defeat under Parker, a former assistant for the Golden Knights who had been 2-0-1 since taking the reigns from former coach Mark Morris. Morris was fired Friday after hitting one of his own players in practice on Nov. 2. [See story, Page...
...took nearly 20 minutes for Harvard to dig itself out of a 3-2 hole the Gophers had dug for them. It took only another minute for Minnesota to send the Crimson back into the depths of defeat...