Word: givens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...everything." For the physically active Americans, being forced to sit in chairs for up to 16 hours a day was almost torture. Only after Marine Security Guard Kevin Hermening had fallen sick and pleaded with the guards for fresh air were the hostages given two 10-min. periods a day outside the buildings...
...certainly curb Japanese willingness to liberalize import restrictions at a time when John Connally is bellowing about letting the Japanese sit in their Toyotas on the docks of Yokohoma. The only possible Japanese concession to American opposition prevails and cuts tax breaks for big business, special treatment that has given the Japanese companies a considerable competitive edge...
...also recommended that international studies programs be included in standardized school programs, that standardized foreign language proficiency exams be developed, that schools with students in third- and fourth-year language courses be given additional funds. If the legislation for funding of these programs passes Congress, Harvard programs, such as the Center for international Affairs, could receive money...
...said both departmental structure and the administration's treatment of Afro-Am contributed to its problems. "The visiting commitee didn't think that Harvard has given Afro-American Studies the time or consideration it deserves," he said...
...said both the structure of the department and its treatment by the administration are responsible for its problems. "The committee didn't think that Harvard has given Afro-American Studies the time or consideration it deserves," he said...