Word: formalization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...yesterday, in a stunning administrative flip-flop, Harvard officials backed away from that pledge--and what could have been millions of dollars in formal aid increases. Instead, officials simply reaffirmed their standing commitment to a summer of aid review...
Despite increases in student aid sweeping America's top universities, Knowles has maintained that formal change at Harvard is not guaranteed. Mass. Hall sources say he has held the lid on aid change all semester, while Rudenstine has pushed for greater outlays since January...
Rudenstine said that after a semester of biding its time and making case-by-case adjustments as other schools instituted reforms, the University was now prepared to make formal changes to aid policy...
...even after Rudenstine and Millereffectively guaranteed the summer review wouldproduce formal aid changes last week, Knowlesrefused to promise anything more...
...four years. We had regular teas to which wewore black dresses, white gloves, and little blackhats. Each one of us was required to pour. Since Icame from a background where tea was dispensedeither from a tea pot or a tea kettle, I was notprepared for the samovar used at formal teas. Whenmy turn came to pour, I was horrified to discoverthat moving the lever right or left failed to stemthe tide of tea. Just as my first poured cup wasabout to rise over the top, a dean rushed over andpushed the lever to the shut-off position in themiddle. This...