Word: gradualness
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...says a less gradual transition would have made the integration more complete. Restrictive quotas prevented more than a set number of women from transferring into each House...
...could manage a transition. The President has to contend with skeptical students, thousands of whom gathered at the Parliament building and vowed not to leave unless he steps down at once. For the students -- still reeling after snipers gunned down six of their own last week -- promises of a gradual transfer of power simply aren't good enough: Suharto must go, and he must go now. With a large demonstration set for Wednesday, and with students promising not to leave the Parliament building, it's shaping up to be an interesting 24 hours...
...could this be accomplished with so many Harvard students now living up in the Quad? How about a gradual phase-in of full-time Radcliffe students in one of the old Radcliffe dorms? Eventually, maybe several or all of the buildings immediately facing the Radcliffe Quad could become solely Radcliffe dorms...
...fact, why not call this gradual return of Radcliffe College, "The Comstock Plan"? In this way Radcliffe could again be one of the foremost women's colleges in America. Its students could share academic life with male and female Harvard undergraduates. The "separate" existence of each college would be mutually beneficial for both. Radcliffe could reclaim its autonomy and irreplaceable character, once again becoming a place of power, pride and strength, a bastion for women's studies and a wonderful place to attend or visit...
...vague; the future was tomorrow's sunrise, the next harvest, the coming winter or the inevitability of death. The more distant future belonged to the realm of religion. The modern concept of the future did not begin to develop until the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance, with the gradual consolidation of calendars, the spread of clocks and the stirrings of new forces. Both science and commerce needed to anticipate things, whether a chemical reaction or the expiration of contracts...