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Attempts to introduce student input into the Harvard tenure system, accordingly, have gone nowhere, and students can convey their impressions only haphazardly through personal contact. But the quiet implementation last week at Yale of a new teacher-evaluation mechanism may well cut the knot of such endless debate, and could serve as a valuable model...
Outside the diplomatic entrance to the State Department Building in Washington last week, a small knot of demonstrators gathered to chant slogans and wave placards. But if the protesters' target, South African Foreign Minister Roelof ("Pik") Botha, was bothered by the demonstration, he gave no sign of it. After a private discussion with Secretary of State George Shultz, followed by a working lunch, Botha claimed confidently that the U.S. had a "real chance" of resolving one of southern Africa's thorniest problems: getting independence for Namibia, a vast, arid territory controlled by South Africa. Echoed a senior State...
...families of both bride and groom share the cost of weddings, and they pay dearly. They will lay out $17 billion this year for knot-tying festivities, an astonishing $22,000 per couple, six times the price of the average U.S. ceremony. Posters in Tokyo subways, featuring dainty brides and dapper grooms, offer such cut-rate packages as the "Shining Love" ceremony ($2,500), performed in a small chapel at one of Tokyo's luxe hotels. At the top of the line, however, was the recent marriage of Chiyonofuji, a Grand Champion sumo wrestler. Price: $580,000. His bride...
...Ivies), roared to life after the Bulldogs' initial tally, winning loose balls and collecting all but the most perfect Yale passes. Offensively, Harvard moved the ball effectively, with strong wing play from senior Steve Higginson and freshman Lane Kenworthy. But no-one could knot the score...
...were disturbed by Michael Miller's "Tying the Knot" in November 8's Crimson. Mr. Miller need not have made his joke using actual people. Some of us know Cintra Eglin. All of us would hate to have had sport made of our personal lives to no purpose. Mr. Miller exceeded the bounds of good taste. David G. Mandelbaum '80, J.D. '83 Kathy A. Coons '80, J.D. '83 Richard Becker, Princeton '80, J.D. '83 Steven G. Poskanzer, Princeton...