Word: disasterous
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Even if the final legislation looks nothing like what Clinton proposed, the President's plan will at least mark the end of the politics of avoidance on this issue. Archer, who has announced his retirement, would love to cap his years in Congress with a major deal. Historians may also...
According to Merrill-Oldham, "the bags are evidence of something much more systemic going on. The libraries have been writing disaster plans for a long time....When a problem occurs, if you don't have a well ordered reaction plan, you run the risk of losing a much larger percentage...
The disaster response and prevention measures are receiving funding from a variety of sources including the capital campaign, private foundations, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the University.
Merrill-Oldham also said in the latteremergency "reusable disaster recovery boxes" tofreeze-dry damaged books are being stocked in thelibraries and in the age of the online library, aweb site will also launch athttp://preserve.harvard.edu.
But for Harvard students, the most visible partof the disaster prevention initiative will be thebags. Beth Brainard, communications officer of theHarvard College libraries, said the bags, locatedat the circulation and checkout desks, will not beforced upon students, but she said she hopesstudents will use and re-use them