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...newfound interest led her then to embark on a ten-year project, which eventually culminated in a book that was published this spring, "Understanding the Gender Gap: An Economic History of American Women...

Author: By Jonathan M. Berlin, | Title: Breaking Ground and Exploring New Fields | 9/10/1990 | See Source »

...Mikhail Gorbachev prepares to embark on his latest plan to save the Soviet economy, he has expressly ruled out the shock therapy administered by Polish leaders last January when they abolished subsidies and price controls. By far the boldest approach to economic reform anywhere in Eastern Europe, Poland's policies have created hard times for many of the country's 40 million citizens. Unemployment, virtually unknown under the Communists, has climbed to 400,000. Rising prices and tight curbs on wages have sliced the purchasing power of some families as much as 40%. For the first time people can remember...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland Living with Shock Therapy | 6/11/1990 | See Source »

...University is about to embark on $2 billion fund drive, but administrators say a new arts facility is not a priority. So members of the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (HRDC) and the ART say they will have to continue working to improve relations...

Author: By Philip P. Pan, | Title: Students and Professionals Learn to Share The Loeb Drama Center | 4/20/1990 | See Source »

Jewett said the College is not trying to raise funds for the project directly, but that the project would be funded through a larger capital campaign. Harvard is currently preparing to embark on an unprecedented $2 billion fund drive...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Wu, | Title: Council to View Mem Hall Plans | 4/12/1990 | See Source »

University officials said yesterday they were shocked and disappointed by Spence's decision to leave, particularly as Harvard plans to embark on a mammoth multi-billion dollar fundraising drive in which the FAS dean was to play a central role...

Author: By Rebecca L. Walkowitz, | Title: Spence Resigns to Take Stanford Post | 4/2/1990 | See Source »

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