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...substantive issues of rebates for meals at Hillel House-the ad hoc and token decision of the Committee to grant rebates for the first and last days of Passover (April 21 and 28) is inconsistent and unfair. The food requirements of Passover that necessitate Jewish students' eating at Hillel apply equally to all eight days of the holiday, and if the system is feasible for the first and last days of Passover, it is equally feasible for the days in between. Moreover, the problems of meals for the other Jewish holidays (which usually last two or eight days...
...Kimble forces mustered an army of petitioners. In one hour, 1,200 of the 2,000 students at Beverly Hills High School pledged their support. An ad hoc committee called the Beverly Hills Citizens for Law and Justice gathered 2,000 signatures. Last week the council rehired the chief. He promptly moved back into his office with the classical record collection that he sometimes plays while working...
Several student members of the Committee on Houses and Undergraduate life said yesterday they were considering an "ad hoc" moving arrangement to get girls into all the houses, if enough Harvard students and Cliffies were interested...
...hoc committee of black and white South Africans from the Boston area were the sponsors of Saturday's rally...
...undergrounds also operate in government. Harlan Cleveland, an Assistant Secretary of State during the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations, once remarked that it was best to have an international crisis burst on a weekend. In order to prepare a plan of action, he said, "you could put together an ad hoc group composed entirely of the people you really wanted and get the damn thing done before the organization got back on Monday...