Word: gradual
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...gain the experience and publishing records the University expects of its tenured faculty, administrators say, more and more women will recieve tenure. Still, administrators like Nancy Randolph, special assistant to the president for affirmative action, caution that the process of assimilating women into tenured spots will be protracted and gradual. "You're not going to get a significant percentage change for many, many, many years," especially with the slow pace at which tenure spots are vacated, Randolph says. John D. Montgomery, chairman of the Government Department, also notes that many women with Ph.D's in his field now choose government...
There may now be some rich alumni so upset at gradual divestment or at liberal students that they will refuse to contribute. That too would be an irresponsible action to punish the entire University community because of particular policies the Corporation espouses. In the long run, single-issue billfold politics--of any perspective--only hurt the students and diminish the University...
...previous week after receiving intelligence reports of heightened Soviet military activity in and near Poland. During a stop-over in Britain last week, Weinberger told reporters at Cottesmore Royal Air Force Base that Poland was already a victim of "invasion by osmosis," a process he described as the "gradual filtering in of additions to the two [Soviet] divisions that have been in Poland for a long time...
...Harvard does not take the high ground, it is effectively endorsing economic, social and political injustice in South Africa," Tsongas said, adding that he favors a gradual divestiture policy to give companies flexibility in promoting racial equality in that country...
Sacks is quick to disclaim personal credit for the institute and the advances in clinical education, claiming they have been gradual changes over the years, but Gary Bellow, professor of Law and head of the institute, says Sacks worked hard to establish the program and get faculty approval for it. "It wouldn't be here without him." Bellow adds...