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...million gift from a disgruntled Yalie--he had offered to fund a Houses system at Yale but had been turned down by the faculty there--in 1926 that allowed Lowell to pull the residential House plan from his top drawer and present it to the faculty as a fait accompli. Not, however, without much opposition. In addition to alumni, the decision produced an uproar among clubbies who had no desire to lose their exclusive status or to live in a heterogeneous situation. Lowell found himself walking a tight political line: he said he wasn't out to destroy the club...
...presumed fait accompli faltered as Radcliffe alumnae came to the defense of their alma mater. And Harvard die-hards came forward to reiterate the rudiments of their long-standing skepticism regarding merger. Franklin L. Ford, then dean of the Faculty, subtly summed it all up: "The most brutal formulation of the problem of merger might mean achieving sexual diversity at the expense of other kinds of diversity...
...press conference, Servan-Schreiber said that the Cabinet had never discussed the tests: "The military faced the Cabinet with a fait accompli." That proved to be his undoing. Hours later, Defense Minister Jacques Soufflet, a hard-line Gaullist and a chief proponent of testing, issued an ultimatum: Giscard and Chirac would have to choose between him and Servan-Schreiber. They promptly dismissed Servan-Schreiber, the Premier explaining tersely, "The views he expressed this morning are incompatible with the basic principles of our policy...
Professor Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr., chairman of the Government Department, regarded the decision to move his department to the Library site as a fait accompli. "Nobody is really enthusiastic about going--the location is bad because it is further from the Yard and Widener and there will be more tourists in the area, but we will abide...
...presumed fait accompli came under attack from Radcliffe alumnae who opposed their alma mater's dissolution. And Harvard stalwarts came forward to reiterate the long-standing reasons for their skepticism. Franklin L. Ford, then dean of the Faculty, subtly summed it all up: "The most brutal formulation of the problem is that merger might mean achieving sexual diversity at the expense of other kinds of diversity...