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Though Corker originally planned to join the Peace Corps after this academic year, he said he was drawn in by the opportunity to make a lasting mark on Harvard and decided to defer his enlistment for another year...
...threshold (up from one-third) is too high; the new requirement will eliminate the specter of one committee (totaling roughly one-third of the UC) consistently bogging down debate, but we worry that it could demand too many others to support often-needed examinations of controversial proposals. While we defer to those more familiar with the dynamics of UC debates to set the two-thirds limit for now, we hope that the UC will rework the number if it proves to be too high in practice...
...term “The Organization Kid” to describe the conscientious college student of today. He found that Princeton students, whom he used as an example, “feel no compelling need to rebel—not even a hint of one. They not only defer to authority; they admire it.” Though I often find Brooks’ writing frustrating, his term has echoed in my head for the four years I’ve been at Harvard. Not only is the Organization Kid present at Harvard, but she dominates the scene here...
Texas Instruments, Mostek's Dallas neighbor, has also been suffering. TI said last month that it was closing plants in Houston and College Station, Texas, as well as El Salvador, and would lay off 2,200 workers and defer wage increases planned for the first half of 1986. The job cutbacks brought the company's layoffs to 7,000 this year...
Though it certainly has thus far—the West Islip, N.Y., native is Harvard’s second-leading scorer with 25 points—as a recruit, Pelle worried openly that he might need to defer his admission in order to add strength and speed, else he might struggle in the transition to the collegiate level...