Word: groups
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What has increased the publishing industry's appetite for fresh manuscripts is a steady, decade-long expansion in the market for hard-cover best sellers. With their combined 2,100 outlets, Waldenbooks and B. Dalton have created a vast distribution system for general-interest hardcovers. The Book Industry Study Group estimates that retailers sold 286 million such books last year, up 33% from 1983, while publishers' revenues from those volumes nearly doubled, to an estimated $2.2 billion...
...suppose I have a lot of patience," Verbacontinues: "[I'm] willing to listen to lots ofDepartment chair who has authored or co-authored18 books, primarily on group politicalparticipation and comparative government...
...while Verba is saddled with thoseconsensus-building duties, he also has been aprolific and much-decorated scholar in his yearsat Harvard. The Pforzheimer University professor,Verba is a former Government Department chair whohas authored and co-authored 18 books, primarilyon group political participation and comparativegovernment...
Many of Watson's colleagues credit him with revitalizing the Association of Black Faculty and Administrators, a group that has become considerably more visible during his two-year stint as its co-chair. Last fall, the association released a report, written by Professor of Law Derrick A. Bell, which called on the University to raise its representation of minorities on the faculty and staff to 10 percent...
...from the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights arrive for a compliance review of Harvard admissions with a specific directive to investigate possible discrimination against Asian-Americans. Harvard has justified the rate of Asian-American admissions--consistently 80 to 90 percent that of white students--with the group's relative lack of legacy students and small number of varsity athletes, both recruitment factors at the University...