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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...between the staff cutbacks and greater permissiveness. True, standards-and-practices people no longer read every script or attend every taping. But shows are still vetted by program executives, who alert the censors to potential problems. "We changed the mechanism, but we did not change the standards," says Alan Gerson, who heads the remnants of NBC's standards division. Indeed, most of this fall's bolder shows were written and reviewed before most of the recent cutbacks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Where Are the Censors? | 12/12/1988 | See Source »

...along with Orthodox Jews, that Halakhah (religious law) clearly rules out women rabbis. According to the Talmud (teachings of religious sages compiled more than 14 centuries ago), women may not perform certain functions reserved to men, such as witnessing betrothals and marriages and leading congregations in prayers. J.T.S. Chancellor Gerson D. Cohen, who presided over the vote, left little doubt that he rejects the Orthodox view and believes that women should be allowed to perform these functions. Said Cohen: "I believe it is incumbent upon us to do away with discrimination against women in Judaism, especially when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Toppling a Jewish Tradition | 11/7/1983 | See Source »

...Eliminating the summer term is eliminating something that is unique to Dartmouth," said Philip R. Gerson '83, editor-in-chief of The Dartmouth, a campus newspaper that has voiced disapproval of the new plan. Gerson said that three-quarters of the faculty and an even greater percentage of students oppose the proposed change...

Author: By Mary F. Cliff, | Title: Dartmouth May Change Year-Round Calendar | 11/13/1982 | See Source »

...proposal has the worst of both worlds," said Gerson. Students and faculty would lose their flexibility and" none of the problems posed by the current calendar like the short, high-pressured trimesters would be solved...

Author: By Mary F. Cliff, | Title: Dartmouth May Change Year-Round Calendar | 11/13/1982 | See Source »

...Gerson Samuel Nason...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 8, 1981 | 6/8/1981 | See Source »

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