Word: joining
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have loosened, but the gates to the world outside remain closed. We met with a group of refuseniks, whose requests to emigrate have still not been granted. Naum Meiman's wife was allowed to go to Washington last month for urgent medical treatment; he has not been able to join her. Benjamin Charny has been trying to leave for eight years. His name was one of five on a special list of cancer victims requesting emigration. There were reports that a large number of long-standing cases like these would be resolved in the next few months. That is perhaps...
...administrative judge's recommendation on the case of Sally Frank, a Princeton graduate who during her undergraduate years applied to join the three all-male clubs, is non-binding...
During her junior year, in 1979 Frank requested to join the Ivy Club, the Tiger Inn, and the University Cottage Club, which has since begun admitting women. Responding to the clubs' denials to admit her, Frank complained to the Division of Civil Rights...
...would like to see them go coed because it's hard to present Princeton as a good place for women," said Women's Center member Katherine F. Bowman. "It's personally insulting, as well. There's something humiliating that what we are keeps us from being able to join a club...
...deeper level, no matter how elitist, racist or ideologically unacceptable final clubs are, no one is forced to join one simply by attending Harvard. On the other hand, attending Harvard means paying tuition, and that means supporting the endowment and Harvard's investment stance. That there is no avoiding placing this tacit imprimatur on the investment policy is what motives those who oppose this policy to try to change it. One can passively oppose final clubs by not belonging; there is no way to passively oppose investment policy...