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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...initial goal of Radcliffe in 1879 was to give women a Harvard education. But for the last 15 years, Harvard has taken on that task itself. Much of undergraduate life here, and at other formerly all-male universities, has become completely co-educational. Parents now send both daughters and sons off to college, and the days of graduating with a "MRS" degree are fading...

Author: By Susan E. Owen, | Title: Rethinking Radcliffe's Role | 10/18/1989 | See Source »

...although growing up in a house can give kids the opportunity to make old friends, some parents and children say it can also cut them off from their peers...

Author: By Tracy Kramer, | Title: When Home Is A House: Children of Masters | 10/18/1989 | See Source »

...going to give my buddy Mark a call. He's not going to believe...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Two Friends Thinking Field Hockey | 10/17/1989 | See Source »

Maybe if I give Mark a call really late at night when he's asleep. I'll tell him the field hockey team could very well win its first Ivy League title, and then hang up. He'll probably think it's some kind of dream, and knowing Mark, he'll believe...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Two Friends Thinking Field Hockey | 10/17/1989 | See Source »

Proposition 1-2-3 would drastically alter the city's rent control system by allowing tenants who have lived in their rent-controlled apartments for more than two years to buy them. Although proponents of the measure argue that it would give many people an otherwise unavailable chance to own their own homes, critics point out that it could reduce by thousands the city's supply of affordable housing...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Walsh Turns Down Debate Offer | 10/17/1989 | See Source »

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