Word: freed
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...qualified minorities and women in academia had actually backfired. That contention may be correct, certainly federal codes mandating endless statistical reports and detailed procedures haven't done anything to streamline the Harvard bureaucracy. But at root it is a minor contention. No one would seriously suggest that the resources freed up by even the most drastic retrenchment in federal requirements actually will dramatically facilitate the hiring of women or minorities Reducing the "immense burden of paperwork" will make the lives of department chairmen and search committees more pleasant. Whether it will make them more efficient purveyors of affirmative action seems...
...number of less illustrious prisoners held in camps throughout the country. A holiday resort in Jaworze that has served as an internment camp is now taking reservations from prospective vacationers for June. Wladyslaw Loranc, the head of Polish radio and television, told staffers who survived the purge that freed detainees should not be viewed as heroes, but should "return with heads bowed." Walesa himself has pledged not to bow to military authorities. Says Danuta: "He will not bend. I am certain of this because I know him well...
...retreat automatically. Finally, only 143 ft. off the ground, Lousma took over the stick. Columbia came in so "high and hot"-pilot's lingo for fast and steep-that Fullerton released the main landing gears a scant seven seconds before touchdown. (Had they jammed, he could have freed them in an instant by firing an explosive charge...
Less than an hour after the court announced its decision, four FBI agents arrested MacDonald, 38, at his Huntington Beach, Calif, apartment and returned him to Terminal Island federal prison, where he had served a year of his sentence following conviction. After his 1980 appeals court victory, MacDonald was freed on $100,000 bond and has been working in a hospital in Long Beach. Even at this late date, Burger noted that other avenues of appeal remain open to the doctor, particularly under the Fifth Amendment due process clause. His lawyers-along with numerous friends and supporters-are now preparing...
...Often Robie has found himself putting too much into squash. If there's any tendency that gets him in trouble, it's falling into the syndrome of thinking that he somehow deserves to win after preparing so meticulously. It was only when he could overcome that tendency that he freed himself to play the kind of squash he has played this year...