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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...council's executive board is entitled to dismiss members who miss four council meetings. Before last week's meeting, board members warned 18 members with poor attendance records that they would be expelled if they missed either of the last two meetings of the year...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Wu, | Title: Council Quorumless At Its Last Meeting | 5/7/1990 | See Source »

...White refused to dismiss a related suit brought by City Councillor Francis H. Duehay '55, charging that Paul Dietrich of the city's Zoning Board of Appeal violated state conflict of interest laws by concealing his professional ties with Carpenter and Co. when ruling on the hotel project...

Author: By Julian E. Barnes, | Title: Harvard Motor House Selects New Name | 4/24/1990 | See Source »

...longer than the average undergraduate lecture, the visitors see a vast array of scattered and discreet images images of Harvard. For some students, a tour may be a pivotal factor in the final college decision. A sunny day or a friendly leader can make all the difference. Others may dismiss the tour as trivial and ephemeral and base their decision on more substantive factors...

Author: By Cara M. Familian, | Title: University Tours: Showing Buildings And Telling Stories To Harvard's Future | 4/16/1990 | See Source »

...mean to dismiss the sincerity of the traditional notion of women as the more sympathetic and compassionate gender. Nevertheless, I am aware of what traditionally happens to women when they defy this stereotype. Revisionist historians look to the Salem witch trials as a backlash against women who might have been seen as overly demanding, cold or just plain aggressive. Seventeenth century judges used a "w" instead of a "b," and the flogging commenced...

Author: By Juliette N. Kayyem, | Title: She's a Real... | 4/12/1990 | See Source »

...Secretary of State, however, owns a spread in Wyoming, the state where he very publicly entertained Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze last September. If Baker switched his official residence, he could replace Dan Quayle in 1992 or run for the Senate in 1994. For the moment, aides dismiss such speculation, pointing out that the only structure on the property is a "small fishing shack." It could be a good place to wait for nibbles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grapevine: Apr. 9, 1990: FISHING AROUND. James Baker | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

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