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Among the factors that officials have said might cause a drastic cut in storage space are an accelerated pace of summertime House renovations, the need to accommodate a growing number of summer school students, and concerns about the financial and logistical aspects of past storage procedures...
HARVARD may soon renege on its traditional policy of providing all students with free summer storage space. Projecting drastic cuts in available space over the next few years because of House renovations and competing space needs, officials have come up with what they call the best tentative solution to date. Harvard would accommodate furniture and other bulky items, but leave entirely up to students the cost and responsibility of storing "personal belongings." Available space would be equally split among all undergraduates...
Since the mid '70s, the commercial district surrounding Harvard has undergone drastic changes. Rents in the largely traditional, somewhat antiquated shopping area have skyrocketed; a number of the older shops, like the Mandrake Bookstore, have been forced to relocate to less expensive properties; the neighborhood Woolworth's remembered nostalgically by countless are residents, closed recently to make way-for-The Gap. In general, the trend has been to draw in national chains-like Pizzeria Uno and The Gap at the expense of independent, uniquely flavored shops...
...call for democratic changes in the party organization. By striking down Solidarity's pastor and main international patron, the Kremlin could, in one blow, have demoralized Polish society and shifted the shaky balance into the government's favor. Explains a Vatican official: "It was the same kind of drastic action that the Soviets took when they invaded Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968. They did that while the whole world was watching. What would it matter if they were exposed for killing the Pope...
...give up sex. The result, argues Wattleton, will be more teen-age abortions (now an estimated 203,000 annually) and more children born to unmarried teen-agers (131,000 currently). Last April, 32 members of Congress agreed; they contended in a letter that the regulation "would result in a drastic increase in the number of teen-age pregnancies." One signer was Massachusetts Republican Congresswoman Margaret Heckler. After losing her bid for reelection, Heckler was President Reagan's choice to succeed the retiring Schweiker. During her upcoming confirmation hearings, Senators-not to mention parents-will be curious to learn where...