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Radcliffe's exclusive focus on advanced studyand research would end years of confusionsurrounding the institution's stubborn insistenceon being called an undergraduate "college" 21years after it delegated all responsibility forundergraduates to Harvard...

Author: By Andrew K. Mandel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: THE END OF AN ERA | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

Some Harvard students reacted favorably to thetransformation of the theater and its insistenceon playing "artsy" films. "I'm glad that they willonly show quality films instead of the mindlessHollywood rubbish that is normally put out," saidJ. William G. Chettle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Square Theater Assumes New 'Artsy' Atmosphere | 2/6/1987 | See Source »

...Education Commissioner James E. Allen Jr., who turned to a committee* that seemed to have no better chance of finding a solution than the board itself. Instead, last week, after a two-month study, the committee made proposals that struck almost everyone with their common-sense compromise originality and insistenceon excellence. Essence of the plan was a drastic revamping of the existing school system, dividing a child's twelve years of basic education into three four-year segments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Public Schools: Common-Sense Compromise | 5/22/1964 | See Source »

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