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...room primarily for women, yet it is not a women's center. Criticized by some for its shortcomings and praised by others for the achievement it symbolizes, Lyman is a room not of commonality but of contradictions. It is ironically both the result of, and the impetus for, a movement urging Harvard to provide women with a place of their...
Officials at Cornell and Penn cited theliability of fraternities to lawsuits andalcohol-related accidents, not the federallegislation, as the impetus for their actions...
Howe said that his alarm over Souter's silenceon abortion was the primary impetus to undertakethe signing, which they also hoped would increasecampus awareness of the issue...
...research, 22% on nonmilitary space research and 14% on the National Science Foundation. The changes called for in SII are long term, and will require politically difficult legislative decisions, so the effect of the agreement remains in doubt. America's trade gap with Japan is already narrowing; the real impetus of SII could be political. A theory in Tokyo is that the U.S. acts as the opposition party in Japan, pushing the government toward market reforms that benefit Japanese consumers. Last week the process may have worked in reverse: as the Democrats in Congress were pushing George Bush toward taxes...
...taking a very long time for society to rethink our old fashioned customs regarding sex roles and responsibilities in the home. this suggests that only legislation will provide enough impetus to actually have a positive impact on the lives of women and families in this country...