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Because the number of colleges with honor codes has declined in recent years, Sanford said, "the achievement at Duke will furnish national leadership...

Author: By Compiled FROM College newspapers, | Title: Honor Codes | 2/23/1980 | See Source »

...Dakar, Georgoulis dismissed the suggestions of fraud as "complete lies." Last week Soudan was in Switzerland; he has pledged to furnish absolute proof of his innocence. South Africa's Minister of the Economy, Schalk van der Merwe, has insisted that his country's "hands are clean." Lloyd's, however, surmises that after buying the Salem's oil, South Africa then resold it, at a 10% increase, to Rhodesia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HIGH SEAS: Sinking a Supertanker | 2/18/1980 | See Source »

...Reports Albert Sindlinger, the public opinion pollster: "Before 1972, the practice was that if you wanted something you would build up your savings, usually for a down payment, then go into debt for the rest. But exploding inflation has changed all that. Whereas their parents took ten years to furnish their homes, today's young people do it in two weeks." Adds Stan Benson, a Los Angeles consumer credit counselor: "It is not unusual to see a 26-year-old come in here already $10,000 to $12,000 in debt, with an average take-home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Better-Buy-Now Mentality | 2/18/1980 | See Source »

...will look towards Harvard as an example of what a great university is. Perhaps Harvard, however, should look towards Bridgewater State College, where the Student Government Association has been recognized by the administration, and given an active voice in the running of the college. I shall be happy to furnish information about student government at Bridgewater to any interested person at Harvard--especially if he or she doubts that student governments are worthy of recognition. Jeffrey M. Feingold Student Government Association Bridgewater State College

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 11/29/1979 | See Source »

...matter what level." The Dallas public library lends games and dress patterns in low-income neighborhoods. Some libraries even lend gerbils and hamsters, as well as hedge trimmers and posthole diggers-a development that often upsets traditionalists. Sniffs Mrs. Chebie Bateman, library director for Columbus, Miss.: "I believe in furnishing the books and letting the hardware store furnish the tools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Trouble in the Stacks | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

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