Word: environmental
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Cox said he decided to experiment with different types of sections to allow individual students to learn in an environment in which they think they can "best facilitate their own learning."
"It can be pretty devastating for a couple days," said Guy Wallace, former president of ABLE (Advocacy for a Better Learning Environment), an organization for Harvard's disabled students.
A Harvard student has alleged that he was racially harassed by an alumnus at this year's Harvard-Yale football game and has accused the University of creating an environment that fosters such incidents.
CWT/Landvest has already made concessions to its neighbors, notably by offering to replace the windows in neighboring Waverly Hall with soundproof glass. Even antidevelopment City Councillor Alice K. Wolf acknowledged, "With the physical environment, they have made some compromises and done a good job."
Shuttle contractors have an incentive to emphasize schedule over safety, according to one Rockwell engineer, because they are paid bonuses on an increasing scale according to "how quickly a job is completed. Thus, managers pressure their employees even when work is on schedule." All the shortcuts in safety and security...