Word: following
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Harvard's large size allows different faculties to follow their own affirmative action programs, Quincy said. Although this decentralization sometimes aids hiring efforts, the lack of a "campus-wide game plan" more often tends to work against such programs, he said...
...Grateful Dead are gearing up for a celebration of their 25th anniversary next year with the release of their 12th studio album, Built to Last. Originally scheduled for release several months ago, the Dead's long-awaited follow-up to 1987's surprise hit In the Dark was delayed in production and post-production until this week. But Halloween is as good a time as any for a new Grateful Dead album, and Garcia & co. have managed to provide some pleasant tricks and treats on their new album that indicate the Dead will indeed be truckin' for some time...
...pursuit -- to denounce the ruling and demand a constitutional amendment. But when the proposal came to the Senate floor last week, cooler heads prevailed. Two Republicans who originally supported the amendment, John Danforth of Missouri and Warren Rudman of New Hampshire, changed their mind, giving others the courage to follow. The amendment, which needed a two-thirds majority, or 67 votes, got just...
Whether or not that proves true, the psychological buffeting Californians will endure will follow a characteristic pattern. Initial shock and fears will give way to a burst of elation. But that will quickly fade as the extent of the devastation sinks in. While few residents must confront the death of a loved one, many have lost their homes, which hold immense emotional as well as financial value. The destruction of family photographs can be tantamount to obliterating one's personal history...
Egon Krenz, 52, succeeds the deposed Erich Honecker, 77, but Krenz's hard-line credentials suggest that social and economic reform will not soon follow. -- In South Africa, the white government and black leaders tiptoe closer to negotiations. -- An interview with black leader Walter Sisulu. -- Touchy times for the Soviet press -- and Boris Yeltsin...