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...University continues to take baby steps inthe direction of equal treatment for women andminorities. It releases an Affirmative Action Planon October 4 to comply with Department of Health,Education and Welfare (HEW) regulations. Althoughthe plan increases the number of minorityemployees at Harvard, it draws criticism forkeeping the hiring of women at a constant level...
...September 30, HEW gives limited approval toHarvard's Affirmative Action Plan, although itcriticizes the lack of specific hiring goals andwhat it considers an unacceptable maternity leavepolicy...
...goal is to be a touchstone for this common sense. Rather than strike a pose of pessimism about all values, we must hew to certain basic ones, such as doing what's best for our kids. Rather than view individual rights as being at odds with a compassionate sense of community, we must understand that America's historic magic has been to create a social fabric that is strong because it weaves these two strands together...
Last week a hint of confidence drove Japan's stock markets back up, but top bureaucrats and politicians still hew to the notion that the public cannot be trusted with its own fate. In the context of today's rolling financial crisis, however, tolerance for deceit is evaporating. "Our culture is changing, but very slowly," says Kawai. "Now we have to learn how to help ourselves." True, indeed...
...Bull Meechum (The Great Santini), Mac Sledge (Tender Mercies) and Gus McCrae (Lonesome Dove) summon sharp, overlapping impressions. The odor of anachronism hangs on most of these characters; they are uneasy with and suspicious of the modern world. While everyone else has gone slack and disorderly, they mulishly hew to an old or private code they dare not question. They alone remain semper...