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WITH SUCCESS IN TODAY'S POLITICS hinging on how well a message transmits, Presidents have come to depend more and more on savvy pollsters to help them connect with the public. Still, relying too heavily on polls can appear to be unprincipled acquiescence to public opinion, as George Bush found out. Bill Clinton promised to be different. To prove it, he laid out a detailed agenda during the campaign and pledged that the whims of public sentiment would not determine his policies. Nevertheless, when it comes to polls, Clinton is more hooked than his predecessors...
...think [losing luster] is a problem,"adds Professor of Astronomy Robert P. Kirshner`70. "Harvard does not depend on keeping peopleignorant...
When a student brings a complaint against a faculty member, special care must be taken to avoid harm to the student. This need is particularly great for graduate students because of the apprenticeship nature of graduate studies. Graduate students depend on their advisers not only while completing their degrees, but also for obtaining positions and research funding long into the future. Their careers are at stake in any confrontation with an adviser. The confidentiality that is central to our processes is thus necessary not only to preserve the presumption of innocence for the accused, but also to protect the complainant...
...depend on each other," Hupps says. "It's asmall tight-fit organization...
What's really going on here? Harvard is building--and none too subtly--a case for cutting the benefits that many of Harvard's workers depend on for day-to-day survival. Of course, to make that case, the University must talk out of both sides of its mouth...