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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Because Harvard is the oldest college in the country; because many perceive Harvard to be the best university in the country; because its house system is considered a model residential system; because Harvard is Harvard, it is easy to dismiss significant problems here as idiosyncratic, temporary or in line with national trends...

Author: By Spencer S. Hsu, | Title: Harvard Gets a B-And Is Satisfied | 12/1/1988 | See Source »

...should administrators be so quick to dismiss the fact that less than 4 percent of the survey's respondents were Black students--a figure less than half of the College-wide representation of the least satisfied racial group in the survey? Do facts like these really suggest that "no ground has been lost" in race relations...

Author: By Spencer S. Hsu, | Title: Harvard Gets a B-And Is Satisfied | 12/1/1988 | See Source »

Garsd's complaint discussed only the Spanish study. But this week he said Spengler may also have wished to dismiss him because he questioned the air pollution figures...

Author: By Eric S. Solowey, | Title: Fellow Alleges Error In K-School Report | 11/30/1988 | See Source »

...letter, MCAD also stated that it wouldnot rule on a motion to dismiss filed by the clublast August until after it had completed itsinvestigation. The club had questioned thevalidity of the case and MCAD's jurisdiction overit...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: State Body Seeks New Material From Club | 11/29/1988 | See Source »

...fight if U.S. funding is not renewed. Civilian leader Alfredo Cesar hopes to return to Nicaragua by early next year, some say to run as the opposition candidate in the 1990 presidential elections. But Cesar is not well known within Nicaragua, and the Sandinistas, warns one diplomat, may dismiss his effort as "a blinding irrelevance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Contras: What Next? | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

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