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...have stated some of the many positive aspects of condominium ownership. However, I am aware that the conversion process is not without its faults. Where I differ with Cambridge politicians is that I believe that individual problems can be solved by isolating them as opposed to destroying the total concept of condominium ownership. In the case of the elderly, there is no question that it is very difficult to ask the person in their late 60's or 70's who has lived in a neighborhood for a number of years to move, but one must analyze whether the obligation...

Author: By William H. Walsh, | Title: CONDOMINIUM CONVERSION | 3/13/1980 | See Source »

...wing, conservative, free-market one. "If you compare my department's political-cultural spectrum to the world's, it by no means reflects the diversity of traditions and ideologies," he says, adding that he sees no effort in Economics to encourage diversified viewpoints by hiring faculty with perspectives that differ from the status quo. Although he beleives instances of conscious discrimination are rare, "People will evaluate the tenure candidates' work thinking in good conscience that they're doing it on an objective basis, and if they find the candidate's questions, methods, and answers very different from their own, they...

Author: By Linda S. Drucker and Jonathan D. Rabinovitz, S | Title: Stephen Marglin: | 3/12/1980 | See Source »

...differ with your headline "In Manhattan: Mink Is No Four-Letter Word" [Feb. 18]. It is a four-letter word to humane-society workers and to the tens of millions of animals that are cruelly trapped or "ranched" each year in the name of fashion and vanity. Those in the humane movement are more than "passersby [who] mutter about cruelty to animals." We speak loud and clear: Animals have rights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 10, 1980 | 3/10/1980 | See Source »

Economists differ in their explanation of how a country leaves simply galloping inflation and enters the stratosphere of hyperinflation, where prices may go up 1,000% per month. But all agree there is some inflation flash point at which people become convinced that prices will never stop rising and lose all confidence in their currency. Says former Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns: "At that time it appears that anything is better than holding money. People start putting everything into any tangible good they can find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Hyping the Inflation Rate | 3/10/1980 | See Source »

...rules governing recruitment of men and women differ. Robert Scalise knows both sides well, as coach of the women's soccer and men's lacrosse squads. "You can't fly in women to visit the University, nor can you travel to visit them at home. And, Harvard has other restrictions--we need clearance to visit people," Scalise says...

Author: By Larry Grafstein, | Title: Seeking Scholars and Sportsmen | 3/5/1980 | See Source »

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