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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...just the players, or some of them, who fail to fulfill the positive scholar-athlete stereotype. The Department of Athletics also may play fast and loose on occasion. Percs--such as better meals, no work "jock jobs," and tutoring--are rumored to help make athletes' college lives more pleasant...

Author: By Charlest T. Kurzman, | Title: Pointing the 'Big Finger' | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

Weinberger's token anti-smoking campaign is bound to fail. Obviously, it's the governmental equivalent of the parental maxim, "Do as I say, not as I do." On one hand, Uncle Sam tells his soldiers to eschew the evil tobacco leaf, while on the other, he provides them discounts on cigarettes...

Author: By Daniel P. Oran, | Title: Killing the Wrong People | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

...says Hewlett, and so does discrimination against women workers. But she thinks the major factor holding women back is their continuing burden in the home, particularly the responsibility of child rearing. Hewlett writes: "Ninety percent of women have children, and . . . it is precisely during the childbearing years that women fail to make the grade in the career struggle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: Motherhood Vs. Sisterhood | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

...guidelines fail to articulate what Chalfen sees as the main point--that city employees with AIDS should be allowed to continue with their jobs. Chalfen and others still are waiting to learn the latest information about AIDS before changing or rescinding their policy--a possibility which they acknowledge...

Author: By Daniel B. Wroblewski, | Title: Policy AIDS No One | 3/17/1986 | See Source »

...unethical whether on personal or private time for a professor to agree to not reveal the source of his funding and irresponsible to agree to censorship rights. Bok should issue an open letter which makes that proper academic ethic clear to all Harvard scholars. The 1977 rules fail to meet today's problems. There should be no delay in letting the world know where Harvard stands...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unethical Behavior | 3/13/1986 | See Source »

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