Word: half
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Scholars in the Boston-Cambridge area sent a telegram to President Bush suggesting limited political action. In a tersely worded message, the 11 leading academic experts acknowledged the importance of U.S.-China ties, but suggested granting automatic visa extensions to all Chinese students in the U.S., flying American flags half-mast at embassies in China, and giving "sympathetic consideration" to Chinese requests for political asylum...
Indeed, events seemed to bear Lee out. More than half the candidates for council ran on platforms opposing Harvard's nine all-male final clubs--an issue which the council had straddled the year before--as the election for chair essentially became a race to the campus' political left. In fact, Lee--now often identified with the council's liberal agenda for his leadership on a variety of outspoken resolutions--at first represented the conservative alternative in the final election for chair...
...effort to stake out his political identity after his election defeat, Dukakis outlines his goals for the second half of his gubernatorial term. He lashes out at critics of his fiscal policy but offers no concrete plan to rescue the state from its growing fiscal problems. Boston Mayor Raymond Flynn, considered by many to be a top contender for the governership in 1990, announces that he will not be candidate...
...seemed to enjoy his fame, even when it resembled infamy. He reminisces fondly about a mid-year incident in which he was half-jokingly criticized after telling The Crimson that he signs his names to desks in Lamont...
...Class of '93 to be 71 percent, 1 percent off last year's level. Asian-American students amount to over 17.4 percent of the class, a record by 3 percent over previous levels. Minority student representation reaches 32 percent, also a record, about a point and a half above earlier levels. Hispanic students also were admitted at record highs, and reached about 6 percent of the class. Black student representation, however, remains set at about 8 percent...