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...Student Assistance Act that Congress passed in October 1978 should double both grants to students and federal work-study projects at Harvard. As R. Jerrold Gibson '51, director of the office of fiscal services, says, "it's the biggest increase for federal aid to education ever--you can't knock that...
...captains Ellen Seidler and Mary Howard led the stickwomen, who fell to Cornell, 2-1, in the regional playoffs. Seidler's steady netminding and the offensive spark of Mleczko and Howard gave the Crimson the nucleus of a team which had the potential to knock off anyone in the East...
...moved departments to comply with tutorial legislation, and Bowersock's plan carries no more weighty method of enforcement. Bowersock defends his policy, explaining that, "enforcing was a word I never intended to use in connection with these reforms." Persuading, he adds, is a more appropriate approach. "We can't knock heads together in this University; that's not the way we work...
...result is a knock-down, drag-out success, at least as long as the non-stop beat blasts away on the first side of the disc. In the title track, Gordon's band, the Wildcats, lays down a tight boogie rhythm and Gordon wails the praises of a lively nightclub on the edge of town. No one has heard the likes of his squeal in the choruses since Buddy Holly crooned "Peggy Sue" at the top of his throat...
...senators quickly established a telephone code (one ring, then hang up and dial again) to be sure callers were friendly. They refrained from phoning staffs and families for fear their lines were tapped by police. The aides who brought food and drink were required to knock twice in short bursts to identify themselves. No more than half a dozen outsiders knew where they were; even their wives had not been told their location so that they could legitimately profess ignorance to the police...