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...Carol Finn, assistant to the Dunster House masters, had not yet heard of the incident when contacted yesterday. The masters are out of the country, she said...

Author: By Richelle Nessralla, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: HUPD Responds to Dunster House Incident | 2/8/1992 | See Source »

...underpaid schoolteachers ! could at least console themselves with the fact that they were pretty well assured of job security for life. But after years of dismal school performance, and under the strictures of shrinking budgets, legislators are suddenly reneging on the deal. "Professionalism and tenure are antithetical," says Chester Finn Jr., a former Assistant Secretary of Education and a proponent of free-market solutions to educational problems. "Teachers can't have it both ways...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Laying Siege to Seniority | 12/23/1991 | See Source »

Peanut butter really is the best avenue for a kind and gentle death. Spraying could only be done in the summer, when the house is empty. And anyway, Finn says, "It's more socially acceptable to scrape dead ants off the floor than dead students...

Author: By Allan S. Galper, | Title: Anti-Ant PB&J | 11/20/1991 | See Source »

Some students could also be allergic to the anti-ant spray, and Finn's reading of society is pretty accurate...

Author: By Allan S. Galper, | Title: Anti-Ant PB&J | 11/20/1991 | See Source »

Liem valiantly promised to keep students' rooms heated throughout the chilly season or at least until the ants have vanished. "Maybe they'll all come out this week when it warms up and eat themselves silly," added Finn...

Author: By Allan S. Galper, | Title: Anti-Ant PB&J | 11/20/1991 | See Source »

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