Word: gain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There was no question that Vorster and his National Party would not only win handily but substantially increase their 121-seat majority in the 171-member Parliament. The liberal opposition parties, which gain most of their support from South Africa's English-speaking whites, are riven with angry feuds. Both they and the neglected minorities who would supposedly benefit under the new constitution are opposed to it, but they have little chance of thwarting John Vorster's will...
...average increase of 5% in the first half of 1978. Eckstein foresees that the economy, after slowing somewhat in the second half of next year, will be spurred by the $15 billion tax cut envisaged in President Carter's tax-reform bill and will register a gain of 3.5% for the whole...
Despite CHUL's lack of legal authority, the students seem prepared to begin flexing their muscles. Several of CHUL's student members said last week they plan this year to try to gain more control over the College budget. Many of them view the budget as a sieve through which all new proposals must pass, a possible veto point for all actions students may propose...
Other students on CHUL hope to go beyond the budgetary access issue and gain the power to influence budgetary decisions. Several CHUL members criticized the lack of student input into the budgetary process. Last year, CHUL members were the first to hear Dean Rosovsky officially announced the upcoming year's tuition, room and board fees, but he did so at the first meeting of newly-elected CHUL representatives. As a result, several student members say they felt they were unable to ask Rosovsky pointed, informed questions, because of their lack of familiarity with the tuition topic. Other students criticized...
Rosovsky said that for the Foreign Languages and Cultures area, Harvard should offer courses on a range of cultural experiences, in both Western and non-Western countries, so that students gain insight into both foreign lands and their...